Francis Bacon, London

1962, printed 1981

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Rives BFK paper mounted on aluminum, 1981

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.07 × 32.07 cm (12 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
    sheet (visible): 33.66 × 33.97 cm (13 1/4 × 13 3/8 in.)
    overall: 66.04 × 55.88 × 1.27 cm (26 × 22 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.57

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: Francis Bacon / 197 (circled); right of center: 3/30; center: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1963; in graphite: Rives paper on Aluminum / Single coating, multiple printing / Platinum-palladium / Print made February 1981; stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); lower right, stamp: In addition to 30 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 15 (graphite addition) may exist; upper right in graphite: CC

Wikidata ID

Q64155356

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