Underfoot I

October 27, 1999, printed April 2001

Irving Penn

Associated Names
Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

This is a photograph of a stone with a distinctive, rounded shape partially embedded in the earth. The stone has a smooth, polished surface with natural indentations and contours. Surrounding the stone is a textured ground of smaller rocks, dirt, and scattered debris. The image is in monochrome, highlighting the contrasts between the stone and the earth. The lighting accentuates the stone's curvature and organic lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jeffrey Fraenkel and Frish Brandt

  • Dimensions

    image: 44.4 × 51.8 cm (17 1/2 × 20 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 49 × 60.4 cm (19 5/16 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.186.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jeffrey Fraenkel, San Francisco; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite circled: Irving Penn; by artist, top right in graphite: 50; upper left stamped in black ink: REF. [by artist in graphite: 19698]; by artist, center in graphite in square: UNDERFOOT I / (NEW YORK, OCT. 27, 1999); center stamped in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © [by artist in black ink: 1999] by Irving Penn / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of / photographer; lower center stamped in black ink: TONED IN: SELENIUM; lower right stamped in black ink: IRVING PENN; by artist, lower right in graphite: Print made April 6, 2001. / IP.; lower right stamped in black ink: VASILIOS ZATSE COLLABORATED CLOSELY / IN MAKING THE PRINT / [by artist in graphite: IP.]; lower right stamped in black ink: [by artist in graphite: 8.] SIGNED SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE, WITH VARIATIONS / [by artist in graphite: IP]; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: IP.0408.11

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