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Bricklayer (A), London
Creator
Irving PennAmerican Photographer · 1917–2009
All works by this person →During the summers of 1937 and 1938, Irving Penn, then an art student in Philadelphia, worked at *Harper's Bazaar* magazine as a gofer hoping to one day have his drawings included in the publication. To his surprise, the magazine did publish one of his drawings in 1937; the following year, Penn moved to New York after graduation and began a freelance career as a commercial artist. In 1943 he was h
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- negative 1950; print 1951
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 17440cc6-2089-4dff-9a34-83e6909ba84a
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A man in overalls holds a level and a trowel.
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