Ballet Theatre Group, New York

1947, printed 1978

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Bienfang paper mounted on aluminum, 1978

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 39.05 × 54.45 cm (15 3/8 × 21 7/16 in.)
    sheet (visible): 40.64 × 56.2 cm (16 × 22 1/8 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 60.96 × 1.27 cm (30 × 24 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.19

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 75 (circled) / Ballet Theater (underlined) / BF Paper on Aluminum / Multiple coating and printing / (1) Platinum-palladium / (2) Platinum-palladium / Print made May 1978; left of center: 13/25; center verso: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1948; stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn; stamp: In addition to 25 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed silver / prints not exceeding a total of 60 (graphite addition) may exist.; upper right in graphite: P.T.

Wikidata ID

Q64155284

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