Composition of Ten Pieces, New York

1979

Irving Penn

Associated Names
Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

The image displays an arrangement of geometric shapes and organic forms, including cylindrical and cuboid pieces in grayscale tones of black, white, and varying shades of gray. There are various objects arranged in a composition.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.77 × 48.9 cm (9 3/4 × 19 1/4 in.)
    sheet (visible): 26.99 × 50.8 cm (10 5/8 × 20 in.)
    overall: 48.26 × 68.58 × 1.27 cm (19 × 27 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.119.97

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: AR 573 (circled) / Composition of Ten Pieces (in square) 12/51 / neg. made Dec. 1979 / Platinum-palladium / Strathmore Paper on Aluminum / Print made February 1981; center verso: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1981; stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); lower center verso: stamp: In addition to 51 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, a number of unsigned silver prints / for reproduction in publications may exist.; upper right in graphite: DD.

Wikidata ID

Q64155330

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