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Irving Penn
Bea Lillie In Costume1948

Not on view
Black and white studio photograph, full-length portrait of a woman in a dark dress, white eyelet-trimmed apron, and lace-up shoes, arms crossed, facing camera directly

Irving Penn, Bea Lillie In Costume, 1948, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Irving Penn
Title
Bea Lillie In Costume
Date Made
1948
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 9 5/16 × 7 3/8 in. (23.65 × 18.7 cm) Primary support: 9 5/16 × 7 3/8 in. (23.65 × 18.7 cm) Secondary support: 15 3/16 × 10 15/16 in. (38.58 × 27.78 cm) Mat: 19 15/16 × 16 1/16 in. (50.64 × 40.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1563
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© The Irving Penn Foundation