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Rochas Mermaid Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris

Irving Penn American
1950, printed 1980
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title:
    Rochas Mermaid Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris
  • Artist:
    Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)
  • Date:
    1950, printed 1980
  • Medium:
    Platinum-palladium print

  • Dimensions:
    Image: 19 7/8 x 19 11/16 in. (50.5 x 50 cm.)
    Sheet: 25 x 22 in. (63.5 x 55.9 cm.)
    Mount: 26 1/8 x 22 in. (66.3 x 55.9 cm.)
    Overall: 26 1/8 x 22 in. (66.3 x 55.9 cm.)
  • Classification:
    Photographs
  • Credit Line:
    Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation, in memory of Lisa Fonssagrives and Irving Penn, 2025
  • Object Number:
    2025.759.5
  • Rights and Reproduction:
    © Condé Nast
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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