Irving Penn
Crossing the River Styx (B)

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Crossing the River Styx (B)
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ArtistAmerican, 1917–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Crossing the River Styx (B)
DateAugust 5, 1996
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 15 7/16 × 25 7/8 in. (39.2 × 65.7 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/16 × 27 3/8 in. (48.4 × 69.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2000.555
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 verso inscriptions in computer and object files.
Inscribed verso in an inscribed rectangle: "Crossing the River Styx (B) / (New York, Aug 5, 1996)"
Inscribed verso: "8/16"
Inscribed verso: "Rives Paper on aluminum / platinum - palladium / print mad June 1997"

Stamped in black, verso: "Photograph by Irving Penn / Copyright (C)1996 by Irving Penn / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer"

Stamped in black, verso: "Hand coated by / the photographer [initials]"

Stamped in black, verso: "Deacidified"

Stamped in black, verso: "In addition to 16 numbered prints of this / image in platinum metals, unnumbered silver / prints not exceeding a total of 22 may exist / [initials]"

Inscribed and stamped, verso, in an inscribed circle: "[signature] / Irving Penn"
Signed verso, in an inscribed circle.

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