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Sign InSwann Galleries, New York, 7 February 2008, lot 101
Szarkowski, Irving Penn, pl. 13
Penn, Moments Preserved: Eight Essays in Photographs and Words, p. 128
Penn, Passage: A Work Record, p. 57, (variant)
Greenough, Irving Penn: Platinum Prints, pl. 18
The Art Institute of Chicago, Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, pl. 19 (variant)
Hambourg and Rosenheim, Irving Penn: Centennial, pl. 29 (variant)
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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