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

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  • Provenance

    Gift from the artist to the present owner, 1999

  • Literature

    Look, 9 January 1968, p. 58
    Penn, Passage: A Work Record, p. 166

  • 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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Hippie Family F (San Francisco)

1967
Palladium print, printed 1976.
20 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (52.1 x 48.9 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, numbered 19/48, annotated in pencil, credit, copyright credit and edition stamps on the verso.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for $18,750

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New York Auction 1 October 2019