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.
1947 Gelatin silver print. 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.4 x 19.1 cm) Signed, initialed, titled, dated and annotated 'Print made c. 1947' in ink, credit, Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso. One from an edition of 78.
