Irving Penn

platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted to aluminum, signed, dated, editioned '31/46,' and annotated in pencil and stamped on the reverse, framed, 1972, printed in 1974 (Passage, p. 207)

Acquired from Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 1992

This print is in generally excellent condition. The left and right print margin edges are rubbed, and there is a very small tear along the upper left edge. This does not affect the image in any way. The reverse is annotated in pencil with the following: 'C 138' (circled); 'Rives Paper on Aluminum / Multiple Coating and Printing/ 1. Platinum/ 2. Platinum-Palladium / Print Made Oct. 1974'; 'Neg. No. 69'; and 'No more than 46 original prints of this image will ever be made.' The copyright stamp is dated '1974' in pencil. There is a Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, label on the reverse of the frame.
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