Lot 160
  • 160

Irving Penn

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Irving Penn
  • 'CLOTH WITH CAN TAB'
  • platinum-palladium print
platinum-palladium print, signed, titled, dated, annotated, and editioned '12/23' in pencil and stamped on the reverse, framed, 1975, printed in 1976

Provenance

Acquired from Marlborough Gallery, New York, circa  1979

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition. The reverse is annotated in pencil as follows: 'No more than 23 original prints of this picture will be made;' 'SM [circled] NEG. XXIX;' 'Arches paper;' and 'Platinum-palladium print made June 1976.' In addition to the credit, copyright, and reproduction rights stamps on the reverse, the print is also stamped 'Deacidfied' and 'hand coated by the photographer.' The copyright stamp is dated '1975' in pencil.
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