Jantar Mantar Observatory, Delhi, India

© 1951 (renewed 1979) Condé Nast Publications Inc.

Jantar Mantar Observatory, Delhi, India

Currently not on view

Jantar Mantar Observatory, Delhi, India,

1945

Irving Penn, 1917–2009; born Plainfield, NJ; died New York, NY; active New York, NY
1996-122

Information

Title
Jantar Mantar Observatory, Delhi, India
Dates

1945

Maker
Irving Penn
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24.8 x 28.2 cm. (9 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.) mount: 28.2 x 38.5 cm (11 1/8 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Porter McCray
Object Number
1996-122
Inscription
Inscribed/signed in pen, recto below lower right corner of image: Irving Penn Stamped in ink, verso center, sideways: PHOTOGRAPH/ BY/ PENN COPYRIGHT/ NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT/ WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM/ THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC. Inscribed in pen in unknown hand, verso upper right corner: 1014B/ over 3 stars stamped in black ink
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
stairs, observatories

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