Cecil Beaton, London

1950, printed 1980

Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print on Rives BFK paper mounted on aluminum, 1980

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.78 × 36.83 cm (14 7/8 × 14 1/2 in.)
    sheet (visible): 39.53 × 38.42 cm (15 9/16 × 15 1/8 in.)
    overall: 71.12 × 60.96 × 1.27 cm (28 × 24 × 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.119.39

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 2619 (circled) / Cecil Beaton (underlined) / Rives Paper on Aluminum / Multiple Coating and Printing / (1) Platinum-palladium / (2) Platinum-palladium / Print made June 1980; right of center: 14/15; center (twice): artist's copyright stamp with graphite addition: 1958; lower center, stamp: Hand-coated by the photographer; with graphite addition: Irving Penn (circled); stamp: In addition to 15 (graphite addition) numbered prints of this image / in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver / prints not exceeding a total of 15 (graphite addition) may exist; upper right in graphite: JAB

Wikidata ID

Q64155358

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