Irving Penn - Photographs New York Tuesday, October 1, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Szarkowski, Still Life, n.p. for a 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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Pear with Seeds (A), New York

1993
Platinum palladium print.
11 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (29.2 x 49.5 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, numbered 13/13, initialed twice in pencil and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp on the reverse of the aluminum flush-mount.

Estimate
$15,000 - 25,000 

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Vanessa Kramer Hallett
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Photographs

New York 30 September & 1 October 2013