W. H. Auden

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Object Details

Artist

Irving Penn, 16 Jun 1917 - 7 Oct 2009

Sitter

W. H. Auden, 21 Feb 1907 - 28 Sep 1973

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Irving Penn

Date

1947 (printed 1959)

Object number

NPG.88.70.2

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 30.7 x 26 cm (12 1/16 x 10 1/4")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior

W. H. Auden: Male

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W. H. Auden: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Playwright

W. H. Auden: Literary awards\Pulitzer Prize

Portrait

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