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Jasper Johns, New York

1983, printed June 2000

Irving Penn

(American, 1917–2009)
Culture
America
Medium
Gelatin silver print, toned in selenium
Measurements
Paper: 60.5 x 50.8 cm (23 13/16 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Collection of Mark Schwartz + Bettina Katz 2020.17
Copyright
© The Irving Penn Foundation
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Location
Not on view
Print
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The contact sheet is a twentieth-century phenomenon.

Description

The contact sheet—a piece of photographic paper which contains positive prints of some or all of the negatives on a roll of film—was necessitated by the advent of roll film, which produced small negatives, and rendered obsolete with the advent of digital photography. Having access to a photographer’s contact reveals the artist's thoughts and working processes.
Four rows of three black-and-white photographs depict a man with light skin tone, wrinkled face, and slicked hair from the chest up. In each frame, he rests his chin or cheek against a hand, mouth closed. His gaze shifts between looking forward and toward his right. High-contrast lighting creates bright highlights on his face against deep shadows. Text identifying the film brand is visible along the left side of each frame.

Jasper Johns, New York

1983, printed June 2000

Irving Penn

(American, 1917–2009)
America

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