Dahomey, Africa

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Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

Dahomey, Africa, 1967

Photomechanical print
15 x 18 1/2 in. (mount)
Gift of Irving Penn, 1997.48.28

SERIES VI: ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES (UNRESTRICTED)
Dahomey (now Benin), for Vogue feature "The Quest for Beauty in Dahomey," published December 1967. 12 5/8 x 16 in. color tearsheet mounted on 15 x 18 1/2 in. board.