Irving Penn 'Man with Pink Face, New Guinea'

Irving Penn
1917 - 2009
'Man with Pink Face, New Guinea'

platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted to aluminum, signed, titled, dated editioned '18/49,' and with the Condé Nast copyright and edition stamps on the reverse, framed, a Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto, label on the reverse
image: 19½ by 19½ in. (49.5 by 49.5 cm.)
frame: 29⅞ by 28⅞ in. (75.9 by 73.3 cm.)
Executed in 1971, printed in 1978.

Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.

This print is in generally excellent condition. The print is slightly darkened where it was not covered by an overmat. There is a small soiled area in the lower left margin corner, not impacting the image.

The annotations in the artist's hand are: 'Arches Paper on Aluminum,' 'Platinum palladium,' 'Single coating, multiple printing' and '1648'[circled].

The stamps read: 'Deacidified' and 'Hand-coated by the photographer.'

The edition stamp on the reverse indicates that '10' silver prints of this image may exist.