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Irving Penn American
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In Benin, the carefully arranged cicatrization marks (raised scar formations) on a woman’s body are traditional signs of beauty and spiritual empowerment.
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Title: Scarred Dahomey Girl
Artist:
Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)
Date: 1967, printed July 1984
Medium: Platinum-palladium print
Dimensions:
Image: 13 1/16 x 13 1/16 in. (33.1 x 33.1 cm.)
Sheet: 24 15/16 x 22 1/16 in. (63.3 x 56 cm.)
Mount: 26 1/16 x 22 1/16 in. (66.2 x 56 cm.)
Overall: 26 1/16 x 22 1/16 in. (66.2 x 56 cm.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation, 2020
Accession Number: 2020.314.11
Rights and Reproduction: © The Irving Penn Foundation
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