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  • “I don't photograph what I see. That's not what interests me. I photograph only what I find intriguing.”
    —Irving Penn

    • Provenance

      Galleria Photology, Milan
      Private Collection, London

    • Literature

      I. Penn, Moments Preserved, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960, p. 39
      J. Szarkowski, Irving Penn, New York: MoMA, 1984, p. 27, pl. 17
      I. Penn, Passage: A Work Record, New York: Knopf, 1991, p. 125
      C. Westerbeck, Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, London: Bulfinch, 1997, p. 114
      S. Greenough, Irving Penn: Platinum Prints, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art/New Haven: Yale U., 2005, pl. 37
      Irving Penn: Portraits, London: NPG, 2010, n.p.
      Irving Penn: Centennial, New York: MoMA, 2017, pl. 130, p. 209

    • 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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59

Pablo Picasso at La Californie, Cannes, France

1957
Gelatin silver print, printed before 1965, mounted.
56.5 x 56.5 cm (22 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)
Signed, initialled, titled 'Picasso, Cannes, France, Nov', dated in ink, Condé Nast copyright credit (courtesy Vogue) reproduction limitation, credit and edition stamps on the reverse of the mount. One from an edition of 30.

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Estimate
£30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for £38,100

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Photographs & Helmut Newton: Provocateur

London Auction 16 May 2024