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Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009
Marcel Duchamp, New York, April 30, 1948, printed 1984
Gelatin silver print, edition of 20
24.4 x 18.8 cm (image); 25.2 x 19.8 cm (paper)
Inscribed verso: “MARCEL DUCHAMP (WITH PIPE IN MOUTH) / NEW YORK, APRIL 30, 1948 [in a box]”; inscribed verso: “REF. 9262”; stamped and inscribed verso: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1984 by Irving Penn, COURTESY OF VOGUE / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner and THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC.”; stamped and signed verso: “SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 20.”; signed and stamped verso: “Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]”; stamped verso: “TONED IN SELENIUM”; inscribed verso: “Print made 1984. / I.P.”
Gift of Irving Penn, 1996.203
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, “Irving Penn, A Career in Photography,” November 22, 1997–February 1, 1998; traveled to St. Petersburg, Russia, State Hermitage Museum, March 1–May 16, 1998; Hamburg, Germany, Deichtorhallen, June 18–September 6, 1998; Munich, Germany, Müchner Stadtmuseum, October 6, 1998–February 21, 1999; San Francisco, California, Friends of Photography/Ansel Adams Center for Photography, November 11, 1999–January 23, 2000; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–June 4, 2000; Paris, France, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, September 13–November 5, 2000 (Chicago only). (Colin Westerbeck)
London, England, National Portrait Gallery, "Irving Penn Portraits," February 18–May 30, 2010; traveled to the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, July 1-September 19, 2010. (Magda Keaney)
Publication History
Marlborough Gallery, New York. 1977. “Irving Penn: Photographs in Platinum Metals, Images 1947–1975.” Exh. cat. Marlborough Gallery. n.pag., cat. 88. (other print of this image/variant showing different pose)
Foresta, Merry A. and William F. Stapp. 1990. “Irving Penn: Master Images.” Exh. cat. National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 113, cat. 77. (other print of this image)
Penn, Irving. 1991. “Passage: A Work Record.” Knopf. p. 57. (other print of this image)
Lundström, Jan-Erik. 1995. “Irving Penn fotografier: en donation till mine av Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn/Irving Penn Photographs: A Donation in Memory of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn.” Exh. cat. Moderna Museet/Raster Förlag. p. 157. (other print of this image)
Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 67, cat. 32, pl. 19.
PaceWildenstein Gallery, New York. 1999. “New and Unseen/Process.” Exh. cat. PaceWildenstein Gallery. p. 53. (other print of this image)
Ownership History
Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 1996.