Irving Penn - Photographs New York Wednesday, October 12, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

  • 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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Sewing Machine with Bronze Head, 3 January

1980
Platinum palladium print.
11 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (28.6 x 48.9 cm)
Overall 19 3/8 x 28 1/8 in. (49.2 x 71.4 cm)

Signed, titled, dated, numbered in pencil, copyright credit and edition stamps on the reverse of the aluminum flush-mount.

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000 

Sold for $15,120

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Photographs

New York Auction 12 October 2022