Irving Penn

platinum-palladium print, signed, titled, dated, editioned '15/38,' and annotated in pencil and stamped on the reverse, framed, 1950, printed in 1976 (Earthly Bodies, p. 69)

This print is in generally excellent condition. The edition stamp on the reverse indicates that in addition to the 38 numbered platinum prints, there may exist no more than 12 signed, unnumbered gelatin silver prints of a similar negative. The copyright stamp is dated '1950' in pencil. The print is also stamped 'Deacidified' on the reverse. The following annotations are written in pencil on the reverse: 'P 1646' (circled); 'platinum-palladium print made July 1976'; and 'single-coating, multiple printing.' There are grey deposits of an indeterminate nature, hinge remnants along the edges, and some light abrasions on the reverse.
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