Artist
Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009)American, 1917–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Cigarette 125, New York
DateJune 1974
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumPlatinum/palladium print
DimensionsImage: 17 7/8 × 22 7/8 in. (45.5 × 58.2 cm)
Sheet: 22 × 24 7/8 in. (55.9 × 63.2 cm)
Mount: 22 × 26 in. (55.9 × 66 cm)
Sheet: 22 × 24 7/8 in. (55.9 × 63.2 cm)
Mount: 22 × 26 in. (55.9 × 66 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1825
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, and circled in pencil: "C 325"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, center: "Arches Paper on Aluminum / Single coating-multiple printing / Platinum and Palladium / Print made June 1974"
Inscribed in pencil, ,verso of mount, center: "Neg. No. 125"
Inscribed in pencil, ,verso of mount, and circled in pencil: "5/6"
Stamped in black, verso of mount, center: "Hand-coated by the photographer"
Stamped in black, verso of mount, lower center: "PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1974 by / IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer."
Stamped in black, verso of mount, lower center: "Deacidified"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper left: "SP 8"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper right: "IP 28 Y"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, right center edge: "HG 7638"
A label was formerly on the frame (now in the object file in the Registrar's office): "HAMILTONS / Irving Penn / Cigarette 125, New York, 1974 / Platinum/Palladium Print / Signed, titled and annotated verso with stamps / and pencil / IP.368.1 / From an edition of 6 prints. This print number 5 / HG7638 / 13 Carlos Place London W1 5AG 0171 499 9493 Fax 0171 629 9919"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, center: "Arches Paper on Aluminum / Single coating-multiple printing / Platinum and Palladium / Print made June 1974"
Inscribed in pencil, ,verso of mount, center: "Neg. No. 125"
Inscribed in pencil, ,verso of mount, and circled in pencil: "5/6"
Stamped in black, verso of mount, center: "Hand-coated by the photographer"
Stamped in black, verso of mount, lower center: "PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1974 by / IRVING PENN / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / photographer."
Stamped in black, verso of mount, lower center: "Deacidified"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper left: "SP 8"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, upper right: "IP 28 Y"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, right center edge: "HG 7638"
A label was formerly on the frame (now in the object file in the Registrar's office): "HAMILTONS / Irving Penn / Cigarette 125, New York, 1974 / Platinum/Palladium Print / Signed, titled and annotated verso with stamps / and pencil / IP.368.1 / From an edition of 6 prints. This print number 5 / HG7638 / 13 Carlos Place London W1 5AG 0171 499 9493 Fax 0171 629 9919"
Signed in pencil, verso of mount, center.
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Irving Penn
1969, printed April 1980
Platinum/palladium print
2001.543