
Art Institute of Chicago
Cecil Beaton, London
Irving Penn · 1950, printed March/April 1977
Provenance
Ownership history
- Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 1996.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, “Irving Penn, A Career in Photography,” November 22, 1997–February 1, 1998; traveled to St. Petersburg, Russia, State Hermitage Museum, March 1–May 16, 1998; Hamburg, Germany, Deichtorhallen, June 18–September 6, 1998; Munich, Germany, Müchner Stadtmuseum, October 6, 1998–February 21, 1999; San Francisco, California, Friends of Photography/Ansel Adams Center for Photography, November 11, 1999–January 23, 2000; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–June 4, 2000; Paris, France, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, September 13–November 5, 2000. (Colin Westerbeck)
Literature
Published references
- Penn, Irving. 1960. “Moments Preserved.” Simon and Schuster. p. 85. (other print of this image)
- Varnedoe, Kirk. 1976. "Modern Portraits: the Self and Others." Exh. cat. Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University/Wildenstein Gallery. p. 124, fig. 91. (other print of this image)
- Marlborough Fine Art, London. 1981. “Irving Penn: Photographs in Platinum Metals, Images 1947–1975.” Marlborough Fine Art London. p. 8, cat. 7. (other print of this image)
- Szarkowski, John. 1984. "Irving Penn." Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art/New York Graphic Society Books. pl. 21. (other print of this image)
- Museum Ludwig. 1984. “Sammlung Gruber: Photographie des 20. Jarhunderts.” Exh. cat. Museum Ludwig. p. 341. (other print of this image)
- Foresta, Merry A. and William F. Stapp. 1990. “Irving Penn: Master Images.” Exh. cat. National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 39, cat. 26. (other print of this image)
- Penn, Irving. 1991. “Passage: A Work Record.” Knopf. p. 95. (other print of this image)
- Hürlimann, Annemarie. 1994. “Irving Penn: Collection privée/Irving Penn: Privatsammlung.” Exh. cat. Musée d’art et d’histoire/Editions Bentali. p. 30, cat. 30. (other print of this image)
- Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 30, cat. 61, pl. 6.
- Greenough, Sarah. 2005. “Irving Penn: Platinum Prints.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art/Yale University Press. pl. 25. (other print of this image)
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