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Collections

Irving Penn
Chimney Sweep (B), London1950, printed 1950 circa (LATER)

Not on view
Black and white full-length portrait photograph of an older man in tattered dark clothing and a flat cap, holding a circular bristle brush at his side
Artist or Maker
Irving Penn
Title
Chimney Sweep (B), London
Place Made
England
Date Made
1950, printed 1950 circa (LATER)
Medium
Platinum-palladium print
Dimensions
Image: 19 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (48.9 × 37.4 cm) Secondary support: 22 3/8 × 17 11/16 in. (56.9 × 45 cm) Mat: 11 × 9 7/16 in. (28 × 24 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1562
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
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