Irving Penn - PHOTOGRAPHS London Wednesday, May 19, 2010 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Paris

  • 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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Untitled

1947
Gelatin silver print.
25.4 x 20.6 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in).
Credit, date and 'Vogue Studios, New York City Proof' stamps on the verso.

Estimate
£4,000 - 5,000 

PHOTOGRAPHS

20 May 2010
London