George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken

© 1951 (renewed 1979) Condé Nast Publications Inc.

George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken

Currently not on view

George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken,

1947

Irving Penn, 1917–2009; born Plainfield, NJ; died New York, NY; active New York, NY
2002-192

Information

Title
George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken
Dates

1947

Maker
Irving Penn
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.4 x 19.6 cm. (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.) sheet: 25.3 x 20.5 cm. (9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Peter C. Bunnell Collection, gift of the artist
Object Number
2002-192
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
In graphite, verso upper right corner: 5-5 CC / 4 [sideways] In graphite, verso upper center: H.L. MENCKEN (RT.) / AND / GEORGE JEAN NATHAN (L.) / (NEW YORK, 1947) In graphite, below: 14224 P7 Signed and stamped in ink, below: Irving Penn / IRVING PENN In graphite: Print made near date of / photographic sitting.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped, verso upper left: REF.434 [inscribed in graphite] Stamped, below: PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1948 RENEWED 1977 [inscribed in graphite] by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner. Stamped: SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 65 [inscribed in graphite]
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
men, studio portraits, figures (representations), critics

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