‘How Low Can We Go?’, Vogue US, January 1994, p. 96
I. Penn, Still Life: Photographs 1938-2000, Boston: Bulfinch, 2001, n.p.
M. Foresta, Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty, New Haven: Yale U., 2015, pl. 149
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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