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Irving Penn
American • 1917-2009
Biography
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.
Insights
Irving Penn began shooting for Vogue in the mid-1940s and shot over 150 covers for the magazine over the course of his career.
Penn was a master of both modern and contemporary photographic techniques, using a variety of cameras and printing technologies to create his impeccable works.
Penn's 1972 Cigarette series was his first series where all of the prints were platinum palladium.
"I can get obsessed by anything if I look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer."
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17 November 2022 | LiveAuctioneers
Chiswick to auction celebrated prints by Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn, Nov. 2530 August 2022 | Art and Cake
Irving Penn at Pace Gallery26 August 2022 | Musée Magazine
Art Out: Tod Papageorge, Prison Nation, and Irving Penn16 August 2022 | Aperture Foundation
How Irving Penn and Issey Miyake Redefined the Fashion Photograph4 August 2022 | Vogue
‘For Me, Flowers Are Acts of God’: A New London Exhibition Celebrates Irving Penn’s Spectacular Floral Portraits
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Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £8,820
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Mandrill
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,600
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Flat Glove, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
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Seated Warrior, Reclining Girl, Cameroon
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $16,380
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Gypsy Family
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,080
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Sewing Machine with Bronze Head, 3 January
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,120
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Vogue Beauty head with Eyes closed (front view), New York
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,800
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Bee (A), New York, September
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
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Bedside Lamp, New York
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £50,400
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Cocoa Dress (Balenciaga), Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Paris
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £37,800
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Sore Foot, Jean Patchett, Lima, Peru
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,800
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Man Fishing from Bank of Seine
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,900
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Two Nepal Women with Nose Rings
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,160
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Two Guedras, Morocco
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,680
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Woman in Chicken Hat (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn) (A), New York
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
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Two Miyake Warriors (B), New York, June 3
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
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Station Sweeper, New York
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £100,800
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Tinker, London
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £63,000
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Engine Driver, London
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £50,400
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Hunter, New York
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £81,900
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Rockette, New York
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £88,200
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Locomotive Fireman, London
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £69,300
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Iceman, New York
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £107,100
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House Painter (B), London
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £107,100
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