Irving Penn - Photographs New York Monday, April 4, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

  • 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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PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTION

209

Gypsy Tribe of Sixteen, Portugal

1963
Platinum palladium print, printed 1998.
13 1/4 x 20 in. (33.7 x 50.8 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, initialed, numbered 4/7 in pencil and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps on the reverse of the aluminum flush-mount.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $10,000

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New York Auction 4 April 2016