Irving Penn
Marlene Dietrich

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Marlene Dietrich
Image Not Available for Marlene Dietrich
ArtistAmerican, 1917–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Marlene Dietrich
DateDecember 23, 1948
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.3 × 19.4 cm)
Mount: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 in. (38.6 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1826
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceEx-collection Peter Riva, sitter's son; G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from G. Ray Hawkins Gallery [n.d.]
Exhibition History"At the Still Point", Paris Photo, Caroussel de Louvre, Paris, 1997.

"Portraits from the Manfred Heiting Collection", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, February 28, 2005-May 2, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso, center: "COPYRIGHT / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT / WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM / THE CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC."

Stamped in black, verso, center: "PHOTOGRAPH / BY / PENN"

Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: "16454P-17 / Date of sitting / Dec 23, 1948"

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