Irving Penn - Photographs London Tuesday, November 21, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Hamiltons Gallery, London, 2013

  • Literature

    I. Penn, Irving Penn: Moments Preserved, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960, p. 14 (variant)
    I. Penn, Passage: A Work Record, New York: Knopf, 1991, p. 108 (variant)

  • 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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61

Seine Rowboat, France

1950
Dye transfer print, printed 1959-1960, mounted.
39.7 x 50.2 cm (15 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Signed, initialled, titled, dated '1951' in ink, 'Condé Nast' copyright credit reproduction limitation, edition stamps and an artist label on the reverse of the mount. One from an edition of 40.

Estimate
£12,000 - 18,000 

Sold for £17,780

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Photographs

London Auction 21 November 2023