Irving Penn
Edward Albee
1962 (negative), 1962-63 (print)
Image: 13 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (34.3 x 34 cm); Sheet: 16 15/16 x 14 inches (43 x 35.5 cm)
Gelatin silver print on paper.
Purchased as the gift of Richard L. Menschel and with the support of The Horace W. Goldsmith Fund for Americana and The Margaret T. Morris Fund.
2007.48
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Edition of 4. The artists identifies this image as number 2 out of 4 portraits of Edward Albee.
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Verso: signed and stamped in black ink, center right [encircled]: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN; inscribed in graphite, upper left: NP / 2 [star]; inscribed in black ink, upper center [in rectangular border]: EDWARD ALBEE / (NEW YORK, DEC. 3, 1962); stamped in black ink and inscribed in graphite, center left: REF. 9488; stamped in black ink, center: Photograph / by / IRVING PENN; inscribed in red ink, center: 62135-66; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center left: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1963 by / IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer.; inscribed in black ink, center left: Print made 1962-1963. / I.P.; stamped and inscribed in black ink, center right: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATVIE NOT EXCEEDING 4.
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