Cigarette No. 42, New York

1972

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Rives BFK paper mounted on aluminum, 1975

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 58.58 × 47.31 cm (23 1/16 × 18 5/8 in.)
    sheet (visible): 59.69 × 23.34 cm (23 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 66.04 × 1.27 cm (30 × 26 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.81

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: C226 (circled) / Rives Paper on Aluminum / Multiple coating and Printing / (1) Platinum / (2) Platinum-palladium / Print made March-April 1975; in graphite: Neg No. 42; in graphite: 14/34; stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn; artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1974; in graphite: No more than 34 original prints of this image will ever be made. / IP

Wikidata ID

Q64155348

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