Artist
Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009)American, 1917–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Cigarette 37, New York
Date1972
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumPlatinum/palladium print
DimensionsImage: 23 3/8 × 17 1/4 in. (59.4 × 43.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.990
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on mount, verso, in pencil, and circled in pencil: "C61"
Inscribed on mount, verso, in pencil: "Arches paper on Aluminum / Multiple coating and printing / 1 Platinum / Neg. No. 37 / 2 Platinum-palladium"
Inscribed on mount, verso, in pencil: "Print made Feb-Mar 1975"
Inscribed on mouont, verso, in pencil: "15/70"
Stamped on mount, verso: "Handcoated by the photographer"
Stamped on mount, verso: "Deacidified"
Stamped on mount, verso (with pencil insertions of copyright date): "Photograph by Irving Penn / Copyright © 1974 by Irving Penn"
Stamped on mount, verso: "Not to be reproduced without written permission of the photographer."
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount: "No more than 70 original prints of this picture will ever be made. IP"
Inscribed on mount, verso, in pencil: "Arches paper on Aluminum / Multiple coating and printing / 1 Platinum / Neg. No. 37 / 2 Platinum-palladium"
Inscribed on mount, verso, in pencil: "Print made Feb-Mar 1975"
Inscribed on mouont, verso, in pencil: "15/70"
Stamped on mount, verso: "Handcoated by the photographer"
Stamped on mount, verso: "Deacidified"
Stamped on mount, verso (with pencil insertions of copyright date): "Photograph by Irving Penn / Copyright © 1974 by Irving Penn"
Stamped on mount, verso: "Not to be reproduced without written permission of the photographer."
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount: "No more than 70 original prints of this picture will ever be made. IP"
Signed in pencil, verso of mount, and circled: "Irving Penn"
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Irving Penn
1969, printed April 1980
Platinum/palladium print
2001.543