W. Somerset Maugham at Cap Ferrat, France

1962, printed 1968

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Arches paper, 1968

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 49.53 × 49.53 cm (19 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
    sheet (visible): 51.44 × 51.91 cm (20 1/4 × 20 7/16 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 66.04 × 1.27 cm (30 × 26 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.59

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: Papier d'Arches / France Capferrat / 1962 / E (circled) / W. Somerset Maugham (in square) / P871 (circled) / Platinum-palladium / Print made 1968; right of center: 10/15; center verso, stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn; stamp, Irving Penn; with graphite addition: Irving Penn; lower center, verso: : artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1962 / Irving Penn; lower center verso, stamp: In addition to 15 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 20 (graphite addition) may exist. ; lower left in graphite: 3

Wikidata ID

Q64155386

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