Artist
Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009)American, 1917–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Nude No. 150, New York
Date1950, printed July 1976
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumPlatinum/palladium print
DimensionsImage: 18 1/4 × 17 1/2 in. (46.3 × 44.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.987
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Upper Jones and Wiess Galleries; January 16-March 27, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso:
Upper center: "NUDE 150 / P 1625 [enclosed in circle]"
Center: "Platinum-Palladium ['Deacidified' stamped in black below] / Print made July 1976 / single coating, multiple printing / 3/57 [enclosed in circle]"
Upper center: "NUDE 150 / P 1625 [enclosed in circle]"
Center: "Platinum-Palladium ['Deacidified' stamped in black below] / Print made July 1976 / single coating, multiple printing / 3/57 [enclosed in circle]"
Stamped in black on verso:
Center: "Hand-coated by the photographer / Irving Penn [signed above stamp and enclosed in circle]"
"PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © ['1950' inscribed in pencil] by / IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer."
Lower left: "In addition to ['57' inscribed in pencil]numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints ['of a similar negative' inscribed in pencil below] not exceeding a total of ['30' inscribed in pencil] may exist."
Center: "Hand-coated by the photographer / Irving Penn [signed above stamp and enclosed in circle]"
"PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © ['1950' inscribed in pencil] by / IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer."
Lower left: "In addition to ['57' inscribed in pencil]numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints ['of a similar negative' inscribed in pencil below] not exceeding a total of ['30' inscribed in pencil] may exist."
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Irving Penn
1969, printed April 1980
Platinum/palladium print
2001.543