IRVING PENN | 'GIRL IN BED (JEAN PATCHETT)', NEW YORK, 1949

IRVING PENN
1917-2009
'GIRL IN BED (JEAN PATCHETT)', NEW YORK, 1949

Platinum-palladium print, printed 1970, flush-mounted to aluminium. Signed, titled, dated, numbered 6/15 and 488 and variously annotated in pencil with the Penn/Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso. Matted and framed.
Image 53.3 x 40.2 (21 x 15⅞ in.);
sheet 63 x 56 cm (24¾ x 22 in.)

Condition Report:
This print is in overall very good condition. Soft brown tones and contrasts. Matte finish.
Lack of the paper's superior layer around print edges (0.5cm wide), where a previous mount window was taped, not affecting image. One foxing in left margin, away from image.
Light yellowing around the image, which is typical with platinum/palladium prints mounted on aluminum and is associated with sensitizing the primary support prior to exposing the negative, not affecting image.

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Provenance:
Private collection, Sweden

Hamburg Kennedy Art Advisory + Projects, New York