Irving Penn's Darkroom

2004

Tom Penn

Associated Names
Tom Penn

Artist, American, born 1952

This image shows a snow-covered scene with a rustic wooden barn off-center to the right. The snowy landscape stretches from close to us to a shadowy treeline forming the natural horizon line. In front of the barn, there is a tree with bare branches dusted with snow. The color palette includes whites, grays, and dark brown tones of the barn and tree trunk. In the background, there are blurred trees and a wooden fence barely visible, enhancing the serene winter mood.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    inkjet print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Irving Penn

  • Dimensions

    image: 18 x 24 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.6 x 27.9 cm (8 1/2 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.34.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2005

  • Greenough, Sarah. Irving Penn: Platinum Prints Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art and New Haven, Conn.: Yale Unviersity Press, p. 16.

Inscriptions

Center verso in graphite: Old barn in Huntington, Long Island, / containing Irving Penn's personal laboratory when / he made his platinum prints. / Photograph 2004 by Tom Penn.

Wikidata ID

Q64169882

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