Irving Penn

platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted to aluminum, signed, annotated, and stamped on the reverse, framed, 1957, printed in 1985, no. 33 in an edition of 47 in platinum

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. There is a small, barely noticeable section where the paper is folded back in the upper right margin edge. On the reverse, the print is annotated '3280' and 'Courtesy of Vogue' by the photographer in pencil. There is a stamp that reads 'In addition to 47* numbered prints of this image in platinum metals, unnumbered but signed, silver prints not exceeding a total of 21 may exist,' with '47*' and '21' numbered by the photographer in pencil. The typed label reads: '*Of the 47: 34 prints of full image 7 prints as a detail section 6 prints as a detail section with lettering' Our assessment of the print date is based on the photographer's annotation 'Print made in January 1985' in pencil on the reverse.
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The full catalogue information for this lot is as follows:

platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted to aluminum, signed, dated, and numbered '33/47,' and with technical, edition, and copyright information by the photographer in pencil, his edition and copyright stamps, and a typed label regarding the print edition on the reverse, matted, framed, 1957, printed in 1985, no. 33 in an edition of 47 in platinum metals