Couple Fishing from Bank of Seine

1951, printed 1981

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Irving Penn

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 58.74 × 49.85 cm (23 1/8 × 19 5/8 in.)
    sheet (visible): 60.33 × 51.12 cm (23 3/4 × 20 1/8 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 66.04 × 1.27 cm (30 × 26 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.119.51

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 2794 (circled) / Couple Fishing from Bank of Seine (in square) / France 1951 / Irving Penn (circled) / Rives Paper on Aluminum / Platinum-palladium; left of center: 15/15; center verso: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1953 (renewed 1981); lower center verso in graphite: Also in existence of this image: 5 dye transfer prints / 8 pigment prints (on porcelaineized steel) / 5 pigment prints (on paper on aluminum) / 10 initialed experimental prints; center verso stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer / Irving Penn; with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); lower verso iin graphite: Print made March 1981.

Wikidata ID

Q64155385

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