Irving Penn - Photographs New York Monday, July 13, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Hamiltons Gallery, Irving Penn: Flowers, pl. XXXVII

  • 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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143

Iceland Poppy/Papaver nudicaule (E), New York

2006
Pigment print.
14 5/8 x 20 in. (37.1 x 50.8 cm)
Signed, initialed twice, titled, dated, annotated in ink, credit, copyright credit (Courtesy of Vogue) reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of 12.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $22,500

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Photographs

New York Auction 13 July 2020