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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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18 February 2021 | PetaPixel
Irving Penn’s Timeless Photography and ‘Photographism’11 February 2021 | Observer
Irving Penn Lensed Images So Real We Wish We Could Experience Them25 January 2021 | Musée Magazine
Exhibition Review: Irving Penn’s Photographism at Pace Gallery21 January 2021 | The Guardian
'His pictures are timeless': celebrating the work of Irving Penn15 January 2021 | Miss Rosen
Irving Penn: Photographism
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Irving Penn
John Marin, New York
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,150
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Still Life (with Mouse), New York
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
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Sitting Nude Rear, New York
Estimate $55,000 - 75,000
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Fishmonger, London
Estimate $35,000 - 55,000
Sold for $37,500
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Patissiers, Paris
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,500
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18 Pieces with Medicine Bottle, New York
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
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Miles Davis, Hand and Trumpet, New York, July 1
Estimate $80,000 - 100,000
Sold for $150,000
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Cretan Landscape
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
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Three Rissani Women with Bread
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
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Iceland Poppy/Papaver nudicaule (E), New York
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
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Saul Steinberg, New York, Jan. 29
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
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Spencer Tracy, New York, March 23
Estimate $14,000 - 16,000
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Cigarette 17
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,500
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Woman with three loaves, Morocco (B)
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £20,000
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Spencer Tracy, New York, March 23
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
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Salvador Dali, New York, February 20
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $23,750
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Miles Davis, New York
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $75,000
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Hippie Family F (San Francisco)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
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Rock Groups, San Francisco (Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Grateful Dead)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
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Three Tulips (Red Shine, Black Parrot, Gudoshnik), New York
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $102,500
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Nude 65, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
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Cigarette No. 17, New York
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
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Still Life with Skull, Pitcher and Medicine Bottle, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
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