Young Quechuan Man, Cuzco
In Cuzco, Penn photographed both residents and visitors who came to the city from nearby villages with goods to sell or barter at the Christmastime fiestas. Many arrived at the studio to sit for their annual family portraits. Penn later recalled that they “found me instead of him [the local photographer] waiting for them, and instead of paying me for the pictures it was I who paid them for posing.”
Artwork Details
- Title: Young Quechuan Man, Cuzco
- Artist: Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)
- Date: December 1948, printed 1949
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: Image: 7 15/16 x 7 3/16 in. (20.1 x 18.2 cm.)
Sheet: 7 15/16 x 7 3/16 in. (20.1 x 18.2 cm.)
Mount: 14 15/16 x 10 7/8 in. (37.9 x 27.7 cm.)
Overall: 14 15/16 x 10 7/8 in. (37.9 x 27.7 cm.) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.103.18
- Rights and Reproduction: © The Irving Penn Foundation
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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