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Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009
Willem de Kooning, Long Island, New York, September 26, 1983, printed 1984
Gelatin silver print, edition of 19
55.5 x 35.5 cm (image); 50.5 x 40.4 cm (paper)
Gift of Irving Penn, 1996.217
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
Hasner, Rune and Sebastião Salgado. 1989. "Nine Masters of Photography." Exh. cat. Hasselblad Center. n.pag. (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. 154, cat. 118. (other print of this image)
Penn, Irving. 1991. "Passage: A Work Record." Knopf. p. 250. (other print of this image)
Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 159, cat. 128, pl. 92.
Ownership History
Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 1996.