Nude No. 147, New York

1949/1950, printed 1969

Irving Penn

Associated Names
Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

The image depicts a close-up view of a human body's mid-section, focusing on the torso and part of the hip with bent and overlapping limbs. The body is in a side-lying position without the head visible. The skin texture and a small mole on the torso can be seen, and there are no clothing or objects in the image. The background is plain and light.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Wiggins Teape paper mounted on aluminum, 1969

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 46.99 × 47.94 cm (18 1/2 × 18 7/8 in.)
    sheet (visible): 48.26 × 49.37 cm (19 × 19 7/16 in.)
    overall: 76.2 × 66.04 × 1.27 cm (30 × 26 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.119.37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 300 (circled)/ Wiggins-Teape Paper on aluminum/ Multiple coating and printing/ 1) Palladium-vidium/ 2) Platinum-palladium/ Print made June-August 1969/ Irving Penn (circled); 23/53; center verso stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; center verso paper label typescript: NUDE #147 (underlined)/ Photograph by Irving Penn/ Copyright c (circled) 1950 by Irving Penn/ Not to be reproduced without written permission of the copyright owner. Lower center verso stamp: In addition 53 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image/ in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver/ prints [of a similar negative (graphite addition)] not exceeding a total of 22 (graphite addition) may exist.; u.r. in graphite: LF

Wikidata ID

Q64155328

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