Irving Penn
Poppy (Showgirl)

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© Condé Nast

Poppy (Showgirl)
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ArtistAmerican, 1917–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Poppy (Showgirl)
Date1968, printed 1989
PlaceUnited States
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 17 3/16 × 21 3/4 inches
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 22 7/8 inches
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Louisa Stude Sarfim in memory of Carol Crow
Object number98.200
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In pencil, verso: "REF: 15608 Poppy: Showgirl / New York, 1968." Black ink stamps: "Photograph by Irving Penn / Copyright 1969 by / The Conde Nast Publications Inc. / not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner." "signed dye transfer prints of this photograph / not exceeding 17." Dye transfer print made 1989."
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso: "Irving Penn" and a black ink stamp "Irving Stamp."

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