Hindman, Chicago, Prints and Multiples, 22 May 2019, lot 132
J. Szarkowski, Irving Penn, New York: MoMA, 1984, pl. 155
I. Penn, Passage: A Work Record, New York: Knopf/Callaway, 1991, p. 237
Irving Penn, A Career in Photography, Boston: Bulfinch, 1997, p. 92
I. Penn, Still Life, Boston: Little, Brown, 2001, n.p.
I. Penn, A Notebook at Random, New York: Bulfinch, 2004, p. 28
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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