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Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009
David Smith, Bolton Landing, Lake George, New York, 1964, printed June 1979
Platinum-palladium print, edition 11/16
40 x 39.2 cm (image); 60.6 x 50.9 cm (paper); 63.4 x 50.9 cm (mount)
Gift of Irving Penn, 1996.214
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. (Colin Westerbeck)
Publication History
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin. 1975. “I platini di Irving Penn: 25 anni di fotografia.” Exh. cat. Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna/Ages Arti Grafiche. p. 34. (other print of this image)
Thornton, Gene. 1976. "Masters of the Camera: Stieglitz, Steichen and their Successors." Exh. cat. American Federation of Arts/Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 128. (other print of this image)
Szarkowski, John. 1984. "Irving Penn." Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art/New York Graphic Society Books. pl. 137. (other print of this image)
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. 125, cat. 89. (other print of this image)
Penn, Irving. 1991. "Passage: A Work Record." Knopf. p. 150. (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. 165. (other print of this image/variant in gelatin silver)
Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 37, cat. 97, pl. 13.
Greenough, Sarah. 2005. “Irving Penn: Platinum Prints.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art/Yale University Press. pl. 41. (other print of this image)
Ownership History
Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 1996.