Irving Penn - Photographs New York Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | Phillips
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  • Provenance

    Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto

  • 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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Nude

1949
Gelatin silver print, printed 1949-1950.
14 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (37.5 x 47 cm)
Signed in pencil, credit, Condé Nast copyright credit (Courtesy of Vogue) reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso.

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000 

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Photographs

New York Auction 9 October 2024