Artist
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Poor Lovers
DateDecember 19, 1979, printed November 1980
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumPlatinum/palladium print
DimensionsImage: 21 × 13 in. (53.3 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 24 in. (33 × 61 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 24 in. (33 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of The Irving Penn Foundation
Object number2001.542
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso upper center: "AR 873 / THE POOR LOVERS (in a rectangle) / neg. made 12-19-'79" "42/58"
Marked in pencil on verso center: "Platinum palladium / Strathmore Paper on Aluminum" "Print made November 1980"
Marked in pencil on verso center: "Platinum palladium / Strathmore Paper on Aluminum" "Print made November 1980"
"Printed in ink on verso center: "PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / COPYRIGHT © 1980 by / IRVING PENN"
"Printed in ink on verso lower center" "In addition to 58 numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, a number of unsigned silver prints / for reproduction in publication may exist."
"Printed in ink on verso lower center" "In addition to 58 numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, a number of unsigned silver prints / for reproduction in publication may exist."
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Irving Penn
1969, printed April 1980
Platinum/palladium print
2001.543