Cartier Messenger, New York

1951, printed 1986

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Rives BFK paper mounted on aluminum, 1986

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 48.9 × 35.08 cm (19 1/4 × 13 13/16 in.)
    sheet (visible): 43.02 × 37.15 cm (16 15/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 66.04 × 1.27 cm (30 × 26 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.49

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 883 / Cartier Messenger / (New York, 1951) (in square) / Rives Paper on Aluminum / Platinum-palladium / Print made October 1986; right of center: 4/4; center right verso: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1951 renewed 1979; center verso stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn; center left, stamp: In addition to 4 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 9 (graphite addition) may exist.; upper left in graphite: RF

Wikidata ID

Q64155366

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