
Art Institute of Chicago
Father and Son with Eggs, Cuzco
Irving Penn · 1948, printed May 1978
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)
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Far from Home: Photography, Travel, and Inspiration," January 20–May 6, 2007. (Elizabeth Siegel and Newell G. Smith)
Literature
Published references
- Liberman, Alexander. 1951. “The Art and Technique of Color Photography.” Simon and Schuster. p. 11, cat. 11. (other print of this image/variant in color)
- Penn, Irving. 1960. “Moments Preserved.” Simon and Schuster. p. 95. (other print of this image/variant in color)
- Penn, Irving. 1991. “Passage: A Work Record.” Knopf. p. 63. (other print of this image)
- Photology. 1992. “Irving Penn: People in Passage.” Photology. p. 81. (other print of this image)
- Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 113, cat. 38, pl. 63.
- Greenough, Sarah. 2005. “Irving Penn: Platinum Prints.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art/Yale University Press. pl. 11. (other print of this image)
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