Irving Penn - The Arc of Photography: A Private East Coast Collection New York Tuesday, October 4, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

  • Literature

    National Portrait Gallery, Irving Penn: Portraits, cover, n.p.; Fraenkel Gallery, The Eye Club, pl. 90; Knopf/Callaway, Irving Penn: Passage, a Work Record, p. 158; Szarkowski, Irving Penn, pl. 143

  • Catalogue Essay

    Another print of this image is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

  • 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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THE ARC OF PHOTOGRAPHY: A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTION

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Steinberg in Nose Mask, New York, Sept. 30

1966
Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1984.
15 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (39.4 x 39.1 cm).
Signed, titled, dated, initialed and annotated 'Print made 1984' in ink, initialed twice in pencil, Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the reverse of the mount. One from an edition of 15.

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000 

Sold for $27,500

The Arc of Photography: A Private East Coast Collection

4 October 2011 6PM
New York