The Angel, New York

1946, printed 1979

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Irving Penn

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Rives BFK paper mounted on aluminum, 1979

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 49.53 × 19.05 cm (19 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet (visible): 25.88 × 20.64 cm (10 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
    overall: 60.96 × 45.72 × 1.27 cm (24 × 18 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.119.18

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 2131 (circled) / The Angel (underlined) / Rives paper on Aluminum / Platinum-palladium / Print made June 1979; right of center: 2/52; center: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1946 renewed 1974; stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn; lower center: stamp: In addition to 52 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed silver / prints not exceeding a total of 48 (graphite addition) may exist; upper right in graphite: VAL

Wikidata ID

Q64155333

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