Irving Penn

Vintage silver print, printed 1949/50. Signed and titled in pencil, with the photographer's stamp, the photographer's copyright stamp, the reference number 11591 and the 'One of no more than 15 signed silver prints of this negative. Each print differs somewhat from the others. Negative and print made 1949 - 1950.' stamp on the reverse. Mounted and framed.

Galerie Thierry Marlat, Paris

This print is in very good condition. It has a semi-glossy surface. It is hinged to the mount with a strip of archival tape along the upper edge recto and verso, with remnants of archival tape at the upper left and right edges in the margins away from the image. With occasional tiny losses in the gelatin layer along the edges in the margins away from the image.
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