Irving Penn - Photographs London Wednesday, May 20, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Hamiltons Gallery, London

  • 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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Four Photographs of Grapes (A), New York, Feb

1966
Platinum palladium print, printed 1992-1993.
Sheet 36.4 x 59 cm (14 3/8 x 23 1/4 in.)
Signed, initialled, titled, dated, numbered 5/9 in pencil, copyright credit reproduction limitation and credit stamps on the reverse of the aluminium flush-mount.

Estimate
£7,000 - 9,000 

Sold for £8,750

Contact Specialist
Lou Proud
Head of Photographs
London
+ 44 207 318 4018

Photographs

London 21 May 2015 4pm