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Irving Penn
Chanel Sequined Suit
- Estimate
- £12,000 - 18,000‡
Lot Details
Platinum-palladium print, printed 1979, mounted.
1974
52 x 47.5 cm (20 1/2 x 18 3/4 in.)
Signed, titled, dated, numbered 6/29, annotated in pencil, copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso.
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Irving Penn
American | B. 1917 D. 2009Arresting 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.