Irving Penn
The Twelve Most Photographed Models (B)

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The Twelve Most Photographed Models (B)
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ArtistAmerican, 1917–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Twelve Most Photographed Models (B)
Date1947
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (19.2 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2000.546
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, New York; given to MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso: "Photograph by Irving Penn / Copyright (c) 1947 by / Irving Penn / Courtesy of Vogue / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer."

Label on verso: "Meant to be shown only in / conjunction with / ¦The Twelve Most Photographed / Models (B)¦, New York, 1947 / NOT PART OF AN EDITION"
[**note that this label is likely mistakenly on this print. A similar mistake was made with a label on its companion**]
Signed in black, verso, in a circle.

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