Mascara Wars

2001

Irving Penn

Associated Names
Irving Penn

Artist, American, 1917 - 2009

The image features a close-up of a human eye, showcasing the eye, surrounding skin, and eyelashes in detail. The eye has a vibrant iris with brown and blue colors and is encircled by white. The skin around the eye appears white, the eyelashes have black mascara, and two mascara wands are visible near the eyelashes. The background is not visible in the image.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Irving Penn, New York; The Irving Penn Foundation, New York; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

Inscriptions

on verso, center left stamped in black ink: REP.; by unknown hand, center left in graphite: 20630; by unknown hand, center in graphite: MASCARA WARS / (NEW YORK, APRIL 17, 2001.); center in graphite: 2011; center copyright stamped in black ink: THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.; by unknown hand, center right in graphite circled: Irving Penn; center right stamped in black ink: IRVING PENN; center right in graphite: Print made November 2001 / IP.; lower right stamped in black ink: Signed, Fuji Crystal Archive prints / of this image not exceeding 15; lower right in graphite: IP

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