Tennessee Williams, New York

1951, printed 1983

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Rives BFK paper mounted on aluminum, 1983

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.42 × 38.42 cm (15 1/8 × 15 1/8 in.)
    sheet (visible): 40.32 × 40.32 cm (15 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
    framed: 71.12 × 60.96 × 1.27 cm (28 × 24 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.54

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 2982 (circled)/ Tennessee Williams (in square)/ Photographed in New York / Feb 13, 1951; right of center: 6/15; center: Rives paper on Aluminum / Multiple Coating and Printing / (1) Platinum-palladium / (2) Platinum-palladium / Print made 1983; stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer / Irving Penn; with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1951 renewed 1979; lower right, stamp: In addition to 15 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 35 (graphite addition) may exist; upper right in graphite: JF (circled)

Wikidata ID

Q64155341


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