Lot Essay
The photographer has stamped and annotated the verso stating 'Signed, silver prints of this negative not exceeding 15.'
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Francis Bacon, London, June 1962
Details
IRVING PENN
Francis Bacon, London, June 1962
gelatin silver print, printed 1984
signed, initialled, titled, dated and numbered '7428' in ink/pencil, 'Penn/Condé Nast' copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on verso
10 1/8 x 10¼in. (25.6 x 26cm.)
Francis Bacon, London, June 1962
gelatin silver print, printed 1984
signed, initialled, titled, dated and numbered '7428' in ink/pencil, 'Penn/Condé Nast' copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on verso
10 1/8 x 10¼in. (25.6 x 26cm.)
Literature
Foresta & Stapp, Irving Penn: Master Images, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1990, pl.35; Penn, Passage: A Work Record, Jonathan Cape, 1991, p.136; Greenough, Irving Penn Platinum Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005, pl.42.
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