Private Collection, Europe
Irving Penn: Moments Preserved, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960, p. 27
N. Hall-Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography, New York: Alpine, 1977, p. 145
P. Devlin, A. Lieberman, Vogue: Book of Fashion Photography, London: Thames & Hudson, 1979, p. 109
J. Szarkowski, Irving Penn, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1984, pl. 58
Irving Penn: Passage, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991, p. 81
D. Seidner, Lisa Fonssagrives: Three Decades of Classic Fashion Photography, London: Thames & Hudson, 1996, p. 143 and p. 148
C. Westerbeck, ed., Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1997, pp. 72-73
Vogue, September 1950
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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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