George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken, New York

1947, printed 1985

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Rives BFK paper mounted on aluminum, 1985

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 53.98 × 39.37 cm (21 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)
    sheet (visible): 56.83 × 46.67 cm (22 3/8 × 18 3/8 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 60.96 × 1.27 cm (30 × 24 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.21

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 682 (circled) / H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan / (New York, 1947) (in square) / 7/17 / Print made 1985 / Rives Paper on Aluminum / Platinum-palladium / Single coating, multiple printing; center verso: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1948 renewed 1976; stamp: In addition to 17 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed silver / prints not exceeding a total of 65 (graphite addition) may exist.; stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: IP; stamp: Irving Penn; with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); upper right in graphite: JF[?]

Wikidata ID

Q64155350

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