Artworks · Irving Penn

Vogue Luggage, New York

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.6 × 19.4 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

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Father and Son with Eggs, Cuzco

1948 · Platinum-palladium print

Image: 30 × 28.9 cm (11 13/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Paper: 57 × 36.2 cm (22 1/2 × 14 5/16 in.)

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Cuzco Woman with High Shoes, Cuzco

1948 · Platinum-palladium print

Image: 30 × 28.6 cm (11 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.); Paper: 60.7 × 50.8 cm (23 15/16 × 20 in.)

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Two Cholas (Mestizas) From Puno, Cuzco

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 20.2 × 19 cm (8 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 35.5 × 28.4 cm (14 × 11 3/16 in.)

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Two Men in White Masks, Cuzco

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 26.5 × 24.4 cm (10 7/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Mount: 37.9 × 27.8 cm (14 15/16 × 11 in.)

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Six Street Boys, Cuzco

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28.5 × 26.9 cm (11 1/4 × 10 5/8 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

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Musical Instruments, Italy

1948 · Platinum-palladium print

Image: 36.8 × 43.2 cm (14 1/2 × 17 1/16 in.); Paper: 47 × 48 cm (18 9/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

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Dora Maar (A), France

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 19.1 × 18.7 cm (7 9/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 25.5 × 27.9 cm (10 1/16 × 11 in.)

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Junyer Brothers, Barcelona, Spain

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.2 × 19.2 cm (8 × 7 9/16 in.); Paper: 25.5 × 20.2 cm (10 1/16 × 8 in.)

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Walter Gropius, New York

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 23.1 × 17.8 cm (9 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.); Mount: 35 × 27.8 cm (13 13/16 × 11 in.)

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Jacques Fath, New York

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.5 × 19.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

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Joan Miró on His House Roof, Montroig, Spain

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 34.1 × 26.7 cm (13 7/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Mount: 39.2 × 31.5 cm (15 7/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

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Jean Patchett (E), Lima, Peru, 1948

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28 × 27 cm (11 × 10 5/8 in.); sheet: 35.5 × 28 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

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John Marin, New York

1947 · Platinum-palladium print

Image: 54.3 × 39.7 cm (21 7/16 × 15 11/16 in.); Paper: 63.3 × 56 cm (24 15/16 × 22 1/16 in.); Mount: 66 × 56 cm (26 × 22 1/16 in.)

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Ballet Theatre, New York

1947 · Platinum-palladium print

Image: 39.1 × 54.9 cm (15 7/16 × 21 5/8 in.); Paper: 56 × 63.4 cm (22 1/16 × 25 in.); Mount: 56 × 66.1 cm (22 1/16 × 26 1/16 in.)

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After Dinner Games, New York

1947 · Dye imbibition print

Sight: 93 × 76.2 cm (36 5/8 × 30 in.)

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Still Life with Mouse, New York

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.6 × 18.8 cm (9 11/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

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New York Still Life

1947 · Platinum-palladium print

Image: 45 × 58.5 cm (17 3/4 × 23 1/16 in.); Mount: 55.9 × 63 cm (22 1/16 × 24 13/16 in.)

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Still Life with with Onion Skin, New York

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 12 × 24.4 cm (4 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 37.6 cm (11 × 14 13/16 in.)

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99-Year-Old House, San Francisco

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 27.9 × 26.5 cm (11 × 10 7/16 in.); Mount: 33.1 × 30.6 cm (13 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

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H. L. Mencken & George Jean Nathan, New York

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 49.5 × 39.7 cm (19 1/2 × 15 11/16 in.); Mount: 60.9 × 50.6 cm (24 × 19 15/16 in.)

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Max Ernst & Dorothea Tanning, New York

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.3 × 19.2 cm (9 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Paper: 24.7 × 19.6 cm (9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.); Mount: 35.1 × 25.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 in.)

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Oliver Smith, Jane Bowles & Paul Bowles, New York

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.4 × 19.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.4 cm (9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

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Theater Accident, New York

1947 · Dye imbibition print

Image: 50 × 39.4 cm (19 11/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Paper: 52 × 42.4 cm (20 1/2 × 16 3/4 in.); Mount: 58 × 47.2 cm (22 7/8 × 18 5/8 in.)

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Le Corbusier, New York

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.6 × 19.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

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Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lawrence (Gwen), New York

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 47.7 × 39.4 cm (18 13/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Paper: 50.8 × 40.4 cm (20 × 15 15/16 in.)

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Groucho Marx (1 of 2), New York, 1947

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image/sheet: 16.6 × 18 cm (6 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.); mount: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)

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The Twelve Most Photographed Models, New York, 1947

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 34.2 × 42 cm (13 7/16 × 16 1/2 in.); paper: 35.9 × 43.1 cm (14 1/8 × 16 15/16 in.); sheet: 38.5 × 46.9 cm (15 1/8 × 18 7/16 in.)

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The Angel, New York

1946 · Platinum-palladium print

Image: 58 × 46.6 cm (22 7/8 × 18 3/8 in.); Paper: 63 × 56 cm (24 13/16 × 22 1/16 in.); Mount: 65.9 × 56 cm (26 × 22 1/16 in.)

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Arshile Gorky & Wifredo Lam (B), New York

1946 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.2 × 19.4 cm (9 9/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

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I Am On My Vacation, New York

1944 · Gelatin silver print

28 × 26.5 cm (image/paper); 34.4 × 33.1 (mount)

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Chicks in a Jar (A), Mexico

1942 · Gelatin silver print

35.5 × 27.6 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.)

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Optician's Window (Later Version), New York

1942 · Gelatin silver print

26.9 × 25.4cm (image); 35.5 × 27.6 (paper)

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Pulqueria Decoration, Mexico

1942 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 27.9 × 26.2 cm (11 × 10 3/8 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 27.9 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

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Shine Parlor, American South

1941 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 21.5 × 26.7 cm (8 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.); Mount: 28 × 35.5 cm (11 1/16 × 14 in.)

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Funeral Home, American South

1941 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 28 × 26.4 cm (11 1/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Mount: 32.6 × 29.2 cm (12 7/8 × 11 1/2 in.)

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Man with Clothing Bag, American South

1941 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.4 × 19.5 cm (8 1/16 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.4 cm (9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

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Fish Made of Fish (Experimental), New York

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 26.8 × 35.1 cm (10 9/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Paper: 28.2 × 38.1 cm (11 1/8 × 15 in.)

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Fish Made of Fish, New York

1939 · Platinum-palladium print

Image: 29 × 52.5 cm (11 7/16 × 20 11/16 in.); Paper: 40.7 × 60.9 cm (16 1/16 × 24 in.)

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Optician's Shop Window (B), New York

1938 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 33.5 × 24.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 27.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

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Antique Shop, Pine Street, Philadelphia

1938 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 24.7 × 25.3 cm (9 3/4 × 10 in.); Mount: 30.3 × 32 cm (11 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

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O'Sullivan's Heels, New York

1938 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28.6 × 27 cm (11 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

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Ta Tooin (The Bowery, New York)

1938 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 30.4 × 26.7 cm (12 × 10 9/16 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 27.7 cm (14 × 10 15/16 in.)

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Nonny Gardner Album

1934 · Album of gelatin silver prints (327)

Overall: 30.6 × 26 × 4.6 cm (12 1/16 × 10 1/4 × 1 13/16 in.)

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Irving Penn Archives

1924 · Typescript papers, manuscripts, correspondence, printed papers, and scrapbooks.

187 boxes, 1 oversize portfolio, 9 portfolios, flatfile materials and 1 rolled tube: W.: 2865.2 cm (94 ft., in.)

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