Composition with Skull and Pear, New York

1979

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.89 × 48.9 cm (11 3/8 × 19 1/4 in.)
    sheet (visible): 30.48 × 50.48 cm (12 × 19 7/8 in.)
    overall: 48.26 × 68.58 × 1.27 cm (19 × 27 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.99

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: AR 756 / Composition with Skull and Pear (in square) / neg. made 12-21-'79 / 55/62 / Platinum-palladium / Strathmore Paper on Aluminum / Print made April 1981; center verso: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1981 / stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer, with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); stamp: In addition to 62 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, a number of unsigned silver prints / for reproduction in publications may exist.

Wikidata ID

Q64155336

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