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Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009
Nude No. 44, New York, 1949/50, printed 1949/50
Gelatin silver print, edition of 9
43 x 38.1 cm (image); 47.1 x 40.4 cm (paper)
Inscribed verso: “REF 11715”; inscribed verso: “E [in a circle] / ..”; inscribed verso: “NUDE 44 [in a circle]”; inscribed verso: “N2P3/SN331”; signed and stamped verso: “Irving Penn / PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN [in a circle]”; inscribed verso: “PHOTOGRAPH AND PRINT MADE 1949-1950, NEW YORK / IP:”; Stamped verso: “Copyright © 1980 by Irving Penn. May not be reproduced without written permission / of Irving Penn and/or the Condé Nast Publications Inc.”; stamped and inscribed verso; “One of no more than 13 [crossed out] 9 (AS OF 1994) signed silver / prints of this negative. Each print / differs somewhat from the others. / Negative and print made 1949-1950. / I.P.”
Gift of Irving Penn, 1996.278
See also archive print, accession number 1997.29.12 (negative no. N2P8 SN 332 located in column 2, row 3).
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
Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 111, cat. 47, pl. 61.
Ownership History
Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 1996.