
Art Institute of Chicago
The Hand of Miles Davis, New York
Irving Penn · 1986, printed 1992
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, "The Subject is Music: Photographs from the Permanent Collection," September 28–December 1, 1996. (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, "Floating Museum: A Lion for Every Home," June 16-October 17, 2022.
Literature
Published references
- Penn, Irving. 1991. "Passage: A Work Record." Knopf. p. 259. (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. 103, cat. 71. (other print of this image/variant with Davis bending a different finger)
- Lundström, Jan-Erik. 1995. “Irving Penn fotografier: en donation till mine av Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn/Irving Penn Photographs: A Donation in Memory of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn.” Exh. cat. Moderna Museet/Raster Förlag. p. 187. (other print of this image/variant with Davis bending a different finger)
- Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 78, cat. 133, pl. 29.
- Wood, James N. 2000. "Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago." Hudson Hills Press, Inc. p. 326.
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta. 2001. “Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection.” Exh. cat. High Museum of Art/Rizzoli. p. 175-176. (other print of this image/two variants in different poses)
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