Irving Penn - Photographs New York Monday, April 9, 2018 | Phillips

Photographs

New York Auction 9 April 2018

  • 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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Works from an Important Private European Collection

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Irving Penn

Gisele (B), New York, April 1

1999
Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 2002.
15 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (39.4 x 39.1 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, initialed in ink, copyright credit (courtesy Vogue) reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of 6.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

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New York Auction 9 April 2018