Lot Essay
The photographer has stamped and annotated the verso stating 'signed, silver prints of this negative not exceeding 10.'
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Bena Family, New Guinea, 1970
Details
IRVING PENN (B.1917)
Bena Family, New Guinea, 1970
gelatin silver print, printed before 1974
signed, initialled, titled, dated and numbered '8898' by photographer, numbered '7016/1542' in another hand in pencil, 'Penn/Condé Nast' copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on verso
13¾ x 13¾in. (34.9 x 34.9cm.)
Bena Family, New Guinea, 1970
gelatin silver print, printed before 1974
signed, initialled, titled, dated and numbered '8898' by photographer, numbered '7016/1542' in another hand in pencil, 'Penn/Condé Nast' copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on verso
13¾ x 13¾in. (34.9 x 34.9cm.)
Literature
Penn, Worlds in a Small Room, Studio Vista, 1974, p.68, with caption 'A bereaved Bena family wearing mourning beads called "Job's tears."'
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