Irving Penn

platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted to aluminum, signed, titled, dated, numbered '11/58,' and with technical, edition, and copyright information by the photographer in pencil and with his Condé Nast copyright and edition stamps on the reverse, matted, 1980, printed in June 1981, no. 11 in an edition of 58 in platinum metals (MoMA, pl. 149)

Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1982

Private Collection, Pennsylvania

Sotheby's New York, 17 October 2006, Sale 8227, Lot 168

Acquired by the present owner from the above

This print, on Strathmore paper, is in generally excellent condition. There is a 1/8-in. abrasion to the bottom right margin corner on both the front and reverse. There is a slight amount of foxing and soiling in the margins. Upon close inspection, a few very small spots of foxing are visible at the bottom center of the image.
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