Alix Black Dress (1938), New York

1974

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Irving Penn

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Rives BFK paper mounted on aluminum, 1978

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 47.63 × 48.26 cm (18 3/4 × 19 in.)
    sheet (visible): 49.21 × 49.21 cm (19 3/8 × 19 3/8 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 66.04 × 1.27 cm (30 × 26 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.119.85

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: No. / 1964 (circled) / Alix Black Dress (underlined) / Rives Paper on Aluminum / Platinum-palladium / Multiple Coating and Printing / (1) Plat-Pall / (2) Plat-pall / Print made July-August 1978; right of center in graphite: 2/3; artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1977; stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); stamp: In addition to 3 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 32 (graphite addition) may exist.; upper right in graphite: VAL

Wikidata ID

Q64155335

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