Irving Penn
Carson McCullers
1950 (negative), 2002 (print)
Image: 13 1/2 x 13 inches (37 x 36.7 cm); Sheet: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (39.4 x 39.4 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper, selenium toned.
Gift of Irving Penn, 2006.
2007.46
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Edition of 10
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Verso: signed in graphite, center right [encircled]: Irving Penn; stamped in gray ink and inscribed in graphite, upper left: REF. 7252.; inscribed in graphite, upper center [in a rectangular border]: CARSON MCCULLERS / (NEW YORK, 1950); stamped in gray ink and inscribed in graphite, center: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1951 - RENEWED 1979. by / THE CONDE NASTE PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; stamped in gray ink and inscribed in graphite, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 10. / I.P.; inscribed in graphite, center right [below artist's signature]: Print made Jan. 2002 / I.P.; stamped in gray ink, left center: TONED IN: SELENIUM; stamped in gray ink and inscribed in graphite, right center: There are also in existence 11 prints / of this negative in platinum metals. / I.P.
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