A striking close-up photograph by Irving Penn capturing the discarded remnants of a cigarette in meticulous detail, elevating a mundane, everyday object into a work of profound artistic contemplation. Penn's masterful use of light and shadow renders the crushed and worn cigarette with an almost sculptural quality, revealing beauty in the overlooked and the cast-off. This work is part of Penn's celebrated series exploring the aesthetic potential of urban debris, printed on aluminum flush-mount and bearing the artist's signature, date, and numbering.