Cuzco Children

1948, printed 1978

Irving Penn

Associated Names
Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

The image shows two young children, a boy and a girl, in a full-body pose. The boy is leaning to his left, resting an elbow on a small, round table, while the girl stands next to him, also resting on the table and holding his hand. Both children wear wide-brimmed hats that cover their hair. The boy wears a dark coat over a patterned shirt and checked pants, while the girl wears a sweater and a skirt with a rough texture, and is barefoot. The floor has large square tiles, and a plain textured curtain is in the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 49.37 × 51.44 cm (19 7/16 × 20 1/4 in.)
    sheet (visible): 51.12 × 53.18 cm (20 1/8 × 20 15/16 in.)
    overall: 66.04 × 76.2 × 1.27 cm (26 × 30 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.119.26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 1430 (circled) / Cuzco Children (underlined) / BF Paper on Aluminum / Single coating, multiple printing / Platinum-palladium / Print made January 1978; right of center: 49/60; center verso: artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1960; stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn; stamp: In addition to 60 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed silver / prints not exceeding a total of 30 (graphite addition) may exist.

Wikidata ID

Q64155349

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