Irving Penn, Cigarette No.52, 1972
Platinum-palladium print, 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
Flush-mounted to aluminum 25 13/16 x 22 in.; signed, titled, dated, editioned 9/42 and inscribed "Rives Paper on Aluminum/Multiple Coating and Printing/ 1 [in a circle] Platinum/ 2 [in a circle] Platinum-Palladium/ Print made Feb.-March 1975" and "NEG. NO. 52" and "No more than 42 original prints of this picture will ever be made. [artist initialed]" in pencil and copyright stamp with "1974" within in pencil, stamped "Hand-coated by the photographer" and stamped "Deacidified" on verso.
1827
$38,000
Illustrated; Penn, Irving. Passage. Alfred A. Knopf, p. 205. Penn, Irving. Still Life. Bulfinch, 2001, p. 53;