Colette, Paris

1951, printed 1976

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Irving Penn

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Bienfang paper mounted on aluminum, 1976

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 49.53 × 48.9 cm (19 1/2 × 19 1/4 in.)
    sheet (visible): 51.12 × 50.8 cm (20 1/8 × 20 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 66.04 × 1.27 cm (30 × 26 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.119.50

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: Colette / 458 (circled) / BF360 paper on Aluminum / Multiple coating and printing / (1) Platinum / (2) Platinum / (3) Platinum / (4) Platinum-palladium / Print made December 1976; right of center 10/50 (circled); center verso stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn; center right verso: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1960; center left, stamp: In addition to 50 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 25 (graphite addition) may exist.; upper right in graphite: BC

Wikidata ID

Q64155326

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