Irving Penn 'Bee (A), New York'

Irving Penn
1917 - 2009
'Bee (A), New York'

Cibachrome print, signed, titled, dated, and annotated in pencil and stamped on the reverse, framed, a Hamiltons Gallery label on the reverse, 1995, printed in 1996, one from an edition of 15
image: 25.4 by 25.3 cm (10 by 10 in.)
frame: 57.4 by 57.5 cm (22⅝ by 22⅝ in.)

Condition Report:
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This print is in generally very good condition. It has a faintly pink/blue tonality overall. When examined very closely in raking light, a few tiny deposits of indeterminate nature are visible. In the black margins are a few fingerprints and barely discernible lines in the upper and lower margins, running parallel to the edge.

On the reverse, the copyright stamp is annotated '1996' in pencil, the 'Cibachrome print made' stamp is annotated '1996' in pencil, and the edition stamp notes in pencil that no more than '15' signed prints of this image are in existence. The following are written in pencil in an unidentified hand: 'Ref. 17888' and 'Hu5237'.

Provenance:
Hamiltons Gallery, London, 1990s