Irving Penn - Photographs New York Friday, April 5, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Gift of the photographer to Marcey Cahan, New York, circa 2000
    Gift from the above to the present owner, 2021

  • Literature

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty, pl. 118 (variant)

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

1971
Selenium toned gelatin silver print.
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.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for $22,860

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Photographs

New York Auction 5 April 2024