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Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009
Underfoot IX, New York, August/September 2000, printed November 2, 2000
Gelatin silver print, edition of 10
48.8 x 48 cm (image); 55.3 x 50.1 cm (paper)
Stamped and inscribed verso, upper left, in black ink: “REF. 19754”; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: “··E”; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: “UNDERFOOT IX / (NEW YORK, AUG.–SEPT. 2000) [in a box]”; stamped and inscribed verso, center, in black ink: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 2000 by Irving Penn / Not to be reproduced without written permission of photographer”; signed and stamped verso, lower right, in black ink: “Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]”; inscribed verso, lower right, in black ink: “Print made Nov. 2, 2000. / I.P.”; signed verso, lower center, in black ink: “Irving Penn [in a circle]”; stamped verso, lower center, in black ink: “TONED IN: SELENIUM”; stamped and inscribed verso, lower right, in black ink: “VASILIOS ZATSE COLLABORATED CLOSELY / IN MAKING THE PRINT / IP”; inscribed and stamped verso, lower right, in black ink: “10 SIGNED SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS ENGATIVE, WITH VARIATIONS / IP.”
Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation in memory of James Wood, 2011.377
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Underfoot: Photographs by Irving Penn," July 10–November 28, 2004; traveled to San Francisco, California, Fraenkel Gallery, January 6–March 5, 2005; and New York, New York, Pace/MacGill Gallery, October 6–November 5, 2005 (Philadelphia and San Francisco only).
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, "Irving Penn: Underfoot," January 17–May 12, 2013. (Matthew S. Witkovsky)
Ownership History
Estate of the artist; by descent to the artist's son, Tom Penn [who is also the executive director of The Irving Penn Foundation]; given by the Foundation to the Art Institute, 2011.