Lot 130
  • 130

Irving Penn

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Irving Penn
  • 'Three Village Elders, Khenifra, Morocco (Three Arabs, Morocco)'
  • gelatin silver print
selenium-toned, signed, titled twice, dated, and annotated in ink and stamped on the reverse, 1971, printed in 1984, one from an edition of 11 (MoMA, pl. 92; Worlds, p. 86)

Provenance

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, circa 1995

Condition

This selenium-toned print is in generally excellent condition. The upper and lower margin edges are slightly curled. The trimming guidelines are faintly visible along the margin edges. There is a tiny deposit of indeterminate nature at the lower right margin corner. On the reverse of the print, the Condé Nast copyright stamp is dated '1974' and annotated 'COURTESY OF VOGUE' in ink. The edition stamp indicates in pencil that there are no more than '11.' signed gelatin silver prints of this image. 'Toned in Selenium' is also stamped on the reverse. The following notations are written on the reverse of the print: 'Print made 1984. IP.' and 'REF:' in ink; '8097' and 'DAB' in pencil.
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