Sitting Enga Woman, New Guinea

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Irving Penn, Sitting Enga Woman, New Guinea, 1970, printed 1986, platinum-palladium print, image: 19 5⁄8 x 19 3⁄8 in. (49.8 x 49.2 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1988.83.51, © The Irving Penn Foundation, courtesy Vogue

Artwork Details

Title
Sitting Enga Woman, New Guinea
Artist
Date
1970, printed 1986
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 19 5⁄8 x 19 3⁄8 in. (49.8 x 49.2 cm.)
Copyright
© The Irving Penn Foundation, courtesy Vogue
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums Description
platinum-palladium print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — New Guinea
  • New Guinean
  • Dress — New Guinean dress
  • Dress — ceremonial
  • Figure female — full length
Object Number
1988.83.51
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1988.83.51

Works by this artist (2 items)

Alexander Hay Ritchie, Peter Frederick Rothermel, George Washington, 1852, engraving, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jane Fowler Bassett, 1971.292.22
George Washington
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Date1852
engraving
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Lady Washington’s Reception
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Daten.d.
color lithograph
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