Sewer Cleaner, New York

1951, printed 1976

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Irving Penn

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Arches paper, 1976

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 50.17 × 36.83 cm (19 3/4 × 14 1/2 in.)
    sheet (visible): 51.75 × 38.89 cm (20 3/8 × 15 5/16 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 66.04 × 1.27 cm (30 × 26 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.119.53

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: Sewer Cleaner, New York 1951 / P 86 (circled) / Platinum-palladium / Print made 1967; right of center: 4/35 (circled); center, stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1951 renewed 1979; lower left, stamp: In addition to 35 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 7 / IP (graphite addition) may exist; upper right in graphite: LF

Wikidata ID

Q64155362

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