Irving Penn - PHOTOGRAPHS New York Friday, April 16, 2010 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist

  • Literature

    Knopf, Irving Penn: Passage, p. 76

  • 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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Crescent Bicorne Hat (Evelyn Tripp), New York

1949
Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1984.
15 7/8 x 14 3/8 in. (40.3 x 36.5 cm).
Signed, titled, dated in ink, copyright credit reproduction limitation and editions stamps on the reverse of the mount. One from an edition of 10.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $32,500

PHOTOGRAPHS

16 April 2010
New York