Marcel Duchamp, New York

1948, printed 1979

Irving Penn

Associated Names
Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

The image depicts a man standing in a narrow corner between two walls. He is leaning against one wall with his arms crossed in front. The man has a lined face with a faint smile, dark hair combed back neatly, and is wearing a dark suit with matching trousers, a light-colored shirt, a tie, and a dark scarf. He has dark polished shoes and holds a pair of glasses in one hand. The background consists of two light-colored walls forming a corner, creating a cozy atmosphere. The lighting in the room casts soft shadows, adding texture to the man's clothing and the walls.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Rives BFK paper mounted on aluminum, 1979

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 48.26 × 30.8 cm (19 × 12 1/8 in.)
    sheet (visible): 49.85 × 32.54 cm (19 5/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
    overall: 71.12 × 55.88 × 1.27 cm (28 × 22 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.119.32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Twisted Pair: Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 2010, no catalogue.

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 2097 (circled) / Duchamp (underlined) / Rives Paper on Aluminum / Multiple Coating and Printing / (1) Platinum-palladium / (2) Platinum-palladium / Print made June 1979; right of center: 17/20; center: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1960; center, stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn; lower center, stamp: In addition to 20 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 25 (graphite addition) may exist; upper right in graphite: P.T.

Wikidata ID

Q64155323

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