Irving Penn - Photographs Day Sale New York Thursday, April 2, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Artist Biography

    Irving Penn

    American • 1917 - 2009

    Arresting portraits, exquisite flowers, luscious food and glamorous models populate Irving Penn's meticulously rendered, masterful prints. Penn employed the elegant simplicity of a gray or white backdrop to pose his subjects, be it a model in the latest Parisian fashion, a famous subject or veiled women in Morocco.

    Irving Penn's distinct aesthetic transformed twentieth-century elegance and style, with each brilliant composition beautifully articulating his subjects. Working across several photographic mediums, Penn was a master printmaker. Regardless of the subject, each and every piece is rendered with supreme beauty. 

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167

Persian Violet Cyclamen/ Cyclamen persicum (New York)

circa 1973
Pigment print, printed 2006.
20 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (53 x 34.9 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, initialed twice in ink, copyright credit reproduction limitation, credit and edition stamps on the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of 7.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $52,500

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Vanessa Kramer Hallett
Worldwide Head, Photographs

Shlomi Rabi
Head of Sale, New York

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Photographs Day Sale

New York 2 April 2015 10am & 2pm