Irving Penn - Photographs New York Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

  • 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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Miles Davis, New York

1986
Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1991.
14 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. (36.8 x 37.8 cm)
Signed, initialed twice, titled, dated in ink, credit, copyright credit (Courtesy of Warner Brothers) and edition stamps on the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for $75,000

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New York Auction 1 October 2019