Cigarette No. 52, New York

1972

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Rives BFK paper mounted on aluminum, 1974

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 59.69 × 46.99 cm (23 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)
    sheet (visible): 60.96 × 48.26 cm (24 × 19 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 66.04 × 1.27 cm (30 × 26 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.82

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: C 3 (in square) / Rives Paper on aluminum / Multiple coating and printing / (1) Platinum / (2) Platinum-palladium / Print made April 1974; left of center in graphite: 2/42 (circled); stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); in graphite: Neg No. 52; artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1974 / */ *except in a critical review; left of center in graphite: No more than 42 original prints of this image will ever be made / IP.; upper right in graphite: WLT; lower right in graphite: 75.377

Wikidata ID

Q64155388

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