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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

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