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Irving Penn

Two Rissani Women, One With Bread, One With Child, Morocco

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000
$22,860
Lot Details
Selenium toned gelatin silver print.
1971
14 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (37.5 x 37.5 cm)
Signed, initialed, titled, dated, numbered, annotated in ink and inscribed 'For Marcey, a souvenir. With thanks and good wishes. Irving Penn' in pencil, with credit, Condé Nast copyright credit (Courtesy of Vogue) reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the reverse of the mount. One from an edition of 13.

Irving Penn

American | B. 1917 D. 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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