
Art Institute of Chicago
Cigarette No. 50, New York
Irving Penn · 1972, printed December 1974
Provenance
Ownership history
- Marlborough Gallery, New York [then the artist's representative], by September 1977; sold to the Art Institute, 1977.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Industrial Effects: Twentieth Century Photographs from the Permanent Collection," July 24–October 17, 1993. (Sylvia Wolf)
- 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)
- Art Institute of Chicago, “Irving Penn: A Tribute,” October 31–December 13, 2009. (Matthew S. Witkovsky)
Literature
Published references
- Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 183, cat. 114.
- Hamiltons Gallery, London. 2012. “Irving Penn: Cigarettes.” Exh. cat. Hamiltons Gallery/Irving Penn Foundation. pl. 9. (other print of this image)
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