Child of Florence, Italy

Photography and Media

October 25, 1948, printed c. 1948

Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009

Currently Off View: Photography and Media

Artist: Irving Penn
Title: Child of Florence, Italy
Origin: United States
Date: Made 1948
Medium: Gelatin silver print; edition of 21
Inscriptions: Inscribed verso: “..”; inscribed verso: “CHILD OF FLORENCE /(OCT. 25, 1948. FLORENCE, ITALY) [in a box]”; inscribed verso: “REF. 8347”; inscribed verso: “16470P-1621”; stamped verso: “COPYRIGHT / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT / WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC.”; stamped verso: “Photograph / by / PENN”; signed and stamped verso: “Irving Penn / IRVING PENN [in a circle]”; stamped and inscribed verso: “PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright © 1948–RENEWED 1976 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright owner.”; stamped and inscribed verso: “SIGNED, SILVER PRINTS OF / THIS NEGATIVE NOT EXCEEDING 21.”
Dimensions: 38.3 × 36.4 cm (image/paper); 50.8 × 40.5 cm (mount)
Credit Line: Gift of Irving Penn
Reference Number: 1996.205
Copyright: Copyright Condé Nast Publications, Inc.

Penn, Irving. 1960. “Moments Preserved.” Simon and Schuster. p. 47. (other print of this image)
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin. 1975. “I platini di Irving Penn: 25 anni di fotografia.” Exh. cat. Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna/Ages Arti Grafiche. p. 16 (other print of this image)
Printemps des Artes de Monte-Carlo, Monaco. 1986. “Irving Penn.” Exh. cat. Printemps des Artes de Monte-Carlo. pl. 35. (other print of this image)
Penn, Irving. 1991. “Passage: A Work Record.” Knopf. p. 47. (other print of this image?)
Hürlimann, Annemarie. 1994. “Irving Penn: Collection privée/Irving Penn: Privatsammlung.” Exh. cat. Musée d’art et d’histoire/Editions Bentali. p. 28, cat. 10. (other print of this image)
Lundström, Jan-Erik. 1995. “Irving Penn fotografier: en donation till mine av Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn/Irving Penn Photographs: A Donation in Memory of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn.” Exh. cat. Moderna Museet/Raster Förlag. p. 149. (other print of this image)
Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 103, cat. 34, pl. 54.

Art Institute of Chicago, “Irving Penn, A Career in Photography,” November 22, 1997–February 1, 1998; traveled to St. Petersburg, Russia, State Hermitage Museum, March 1–May 16, 1998; Hamburg, Germany, Deichtorhallen, June 18–September 6, 1998; Munich, Germany, Müchner Stadtmuseum, October 6, 1998–February 21, 1999; San Francisco, California, Friends of Photography/Ansel Adams Center for Photography, November 11, 1999–January 23, 2000; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–June 4, 2000; Paris, France, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, September 13–November 5, 2000. (Colin Westerbeck)

Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 1996.

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