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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Lot 40

IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

Girl Drinking (Mary-Jane Russell), 1949

Closed16 May 2012

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GBP 85,250

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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Girl Drinking (Mary-Jane Russell), 1949
platinum-palladium print, printed 1968
signed, titled, numbered '11/25', annotated 'P898' in pencil, stamped 'Handcoated by the photographer', 'Deacidified to pH 8.5-9.5', Penn/Condé Nast copyright, credit, reproduction limitation, and edition stamps (verso)
image 20 3/8 x 19 3/8in. (51.7 x 49.2cm.)
sheet 24 3/8 x 22 5/8in. (62 x 57.3cm.)
This print is number 11 of the edition not exceeding 25 in platinum metals; an edition of un-numbered gelatin silver prints not exceeding 15 may also exist.

Joseph Bellows Gallery, California;
Private collection, Germany.

Specialist note

Irving Penn began producing editions in platinum-palladium in the mid-1960s, making this an early example.