Artist
Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009)American, 1917–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Marcel Duchamp
DateApril 30, 1948
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (24.4 × 19.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1820
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed verso in pencil, lower right over printed "Irving Penn", both circled in pencil
Verso, starting at top of sheet, stamp: "Photograph by Penn", "Ref. 7026", rectangular stamp: "model, date of sitting April 30 1948 issue used Copyright not to be reproduced without written permission from the Conde Nast Publications, Inc.", in pencil: "Marcel Duchamp New York, Apr. 30 1948", "M Duchamp 16062 P-20", "print made near to date of photograph", stamp: "Photograph by Irving Penn / Copyright c 1960 by Irving Penn, courtesy of Vogue not to be reproduced without written permission of the photographer", "signed, upper right corner a squiggle"
Verso, starting at top of sheet, stamp: "Photograph by Penn", "Ref. 7026", rectangular stamp: "model, date of sitting April 30 1948 issue used Copyright not to be reproduced without written permission from the Conde Nast Publications, Inc.", in pencil: "Marcel Duchamp New York, Apr. 30 1948", "M Duchamp 16062 P-20", "print made near to date of photograph", stamp: "Photograph by Irving Penn / Copyright c 1960 by Irving Penn, courtesy of Vogue not to be reproduced without written permission of the photographer", "signed, upper right corner a squiggle"
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