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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1990.12
People
Irving Penn, American (Plainfield, New Jersey 1917 - 2009 New York, New York)
Title
Blast
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1980
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285157

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Platinum print on metal
Technique
Platinum print
Dimensions
image: 34 x 54.5 cm (13 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
sheet: 40.5 x 61 cm (15 15/16 x 24 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, above center, in graphite: Blast
    neg made 4-16-80
  • inscription: verso, left of center, in graphite: Platinum-palladium
    Strathmore paper on Aluminum
  • inscription: verso, lower left, in graphite: For Tatiana and Alex
    [double hearts] I.P.
  • stamp: [verso bears several stamps related to editioning]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Alexander Liberman
Copyright
© The Irving Penn Foundation
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
P1990.12
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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