Irving Penn
Wide Skull

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Wide Skull
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ArtistAmerican, 1917–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Wide Skull
Date1993
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 16 × 19 3/4 in. (40.6 × 50.2 cm)
 Sheet: 16 × 19 3/4 in. (40.6 × 50.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2000.548
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, New York; given to MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Digital image of inscriptions on verso in computer and object file.
Inscribed in black, verso, in a square: "Wide skull / N.Y. 1993."
Inscribed in black, verso: "moving light / ¦unique¦ Test print"
Stamped in black, verso: "TEST"
Stamped in black, verso: "Photograph / by / IRVING PENN (C) / Not to be reproduced without / Written permission from / The photographer"
The photograph is unsigned.

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