Irving Penn b. 1917

dye-transfer print, signed, titled, dated, and annotated by the photographer in pencil and with his Condé Nast copyright and printing information stamps on the reverse, matted, framed, 1968, printed in 1989, one of no more than 19 prints of this image in dye-transfer (Flowers, pp. 8-9; Passage, p. 177; Still Life, unpaginated)

This dye-transfer print, on double-weight paper, is in generally excellent condition. When examined in raking light, there are tiny white pinpoint deposits of indeterminate nature, possibly original retouching, visible in the lower left quadrant in the light area. In addition, there are 3 small cloth tape remains at the top front margin edge, likely from a prior mounting or matting.
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