Composition with Skull and Pear, New York, 1979

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Medium

platinum/palladium print on Strathmore Carillon paper mounted on aluminum, 1981

Dimensions

overall: 28.9 x 48.9 cm (11 3/8 x 19 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Irving Penn

Accession Number

2002.119.99

Artists / Makers

Irving Penn (artist) American, 1917 - 2009

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Inscription

center verso in graphite: AR 756 / Composition with Skull and Pear (in square) / neg. made 12-21-'79 / 55/62 / Platinum-palladium / Strathmore Paper on Aluminum / Print made April 1981; center verso: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1981 / stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer, with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); stamp: In addition to 62 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, a number of unsigned silver prints / for reproduction in publications may exist.

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Penn, Irving