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IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
Optician's Window (Version B), New York, 1939
selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1983
signed, titled, dated [with print date] and numbered '12514' in pencil with stamped photographer's copyright credit, Condé Nast Publications reproduction limitation and edition information in ink (verso)
image: 1314 x 912 in. (33.7 x 24.1 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 1078 in. (35.6 x 27.6 cm.)
This work is one of an edition of sixty-five.
Provenance
Christie's, London, October 29, 1992, lot 166;
Christie's, New York, April 27, 2004, lot 222;
Private Collection;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
John Szarkowski, Irving Penn, The Museum of Modern Art, New York,1984, pl. 1.
Irving Penn, Passage: A Work Record, Alfred A. Knopf/Callaway, New York, 1991, p. 13.
Exhibited
Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Luganao, Switzerland
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