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Irving Penn: Platinum Prints

Woman with Roses (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn in Lafaurie Dress), Paris, 1950, platinum/palladium print, 1977 55.1 x 37 cm (21 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1950 by Les Editions, Condé Nast S.A. 2002.119.48

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Ballet Society, New York, 1948, platinum/palladium print, 1980 57.6 x 46.7 cm (22 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1948 (renewed 1976) by Condé Nast Publications Inc. 2002.119.25

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Cuzco Children, 1948, platinum/palladium print, 1978 49.7 x 51.8 cm (19 9/16 x 20 3/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1960 by Condé Nast Publications Inc. 2002.119.26

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Cocoa-Colored Balenciaga Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris, 1950, platinum/palladium print, 1979, 50.2 x 49.9 cm (19 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1950 (renewed 1978) by Condé Nast Publications Inc. 2002.119.41

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Vitrier (Glazier), Paris, 1950, platinum/palladium print, 1976 42.9 x 27 cm (16 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1951 Les Editions Condé Nast S.A. 2002.119.47

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Colette, Paris, 1951, platinum/palladium print, 1976 49.5 x 49.4 cm (19 1/2 x 19 7/16 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1954 by Condé Nast Ltd. 2002.119.50

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Picasso at La Californie, Cannes, France, 1957, platinum/palladium print, 1974 49.9 x 49.9 cm (19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1960 by Irving Penn, Courtesy of Vogue. 2002.119.55

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Steinberg in Nose Mask, New York, 1966, platinum/palladium print, 1976, 63.2 x 53.3 cm (24 7/8 x 21 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1966 by Condé Nast Publications Inc. 2002.119.63

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Three Asaro Mud Men, New Guinea, 1970, platinum/palladium print, 1976 51.1 x 49.5 cm (20 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1974 by Irving Penn, Courtesy of Vogue. 2002.119.77

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Two Guedras, Morocco, 1971, platinum/palladium print, 1977, 50.2 x 43.5 cm (19 3/4 x 17 1/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1974 by Irving Penn, Courtesy of Vogue. 2002.119.80

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Gypsy Family, Estremadura, Spain, 1965, platinum/palladium print, 1976, 39.5 x 39.2 cm (15 9/16 x 15 7/16 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1966 by Condé Nast Publications Inc. 2002.119.61

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Woody Allen as Chaplin, New York, 1972, platinum/palladium print, 1980, 50 x 49.5 cm (19 11/16 x 19 1/2 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1972 by Condé Nast Publications Inc. 2002.119.84

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Archipelago, New York, 1975, platinum/palladium print, 1975, 76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1975 by Irving Penn. 2002.119.91

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Composition with Skull and Pear, New York, 1979, platinum/palladium print, 1981, 28.9 x 48.9 cm (11 3/8 x 19 1/4 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1981 by Irving Penn. 2002.119.99

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Platinum Test Materials 1/17, 1989, collage of platinum/palladium prints, 76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1989 by Irving Penn. 2002.119.1

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Platinum Test Materials 4/17, 1989, collage of platinum/palladium prints, 76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1989 by Irving Penn. 2002.119.4

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Platinum Test Materials 9/17, 1989, collage of platinum/palladium prints, 76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Irving Penn Copyright 1989 by Irving Penn. 2002.119.9

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