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© Estate of Irving Penn

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Princeton Collects

Seated Warrior, Seated Girl, Cameroon,

1969

Irving Penn, 1917–2009; born Plainfield, NJ; died New York, NY; active New York, NY
2024-303

Information

Title
Seated Warrior, Seated Girl, Cameroon
Dates

1969

Maker
Irving Penn
Medium
Platinum-palladium print
Dimensions
54.9 × 49.8 cm (21 5/8 × 19 5/8 in.) frame: 76.2 × 72.4 cm (30 × 28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Donald Rollings, Class of 1974, and Nan Rollings, Class of 1974, in memory of Donald's parents H. Kelley Rollings, Class of 1948, and Sally B. Rollings
Object Number
2024-303
Culture
American
Type
platinum prints, palladium prints, photographs
Subject
warriors, ethnography, men, regalia, sitting, portraits, women

Purchased by Kelley Rollings, Class of 1948, from Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1978. Inherited by Donald Rollings, Class of 1974, from his parent’s estate, February 27, 2024. Donated to Princeton University Art Museum, July 2024.

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