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Christie's, New York, 14 April 2010, lot 17
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Irving Penn, Moments Preserved, New York, 1960, p. 47
Irving Penn, Passage: A Work Record, New York, 1991, p. 47
Colin Westerbeck, ed., Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, Chicago, 1997, pl. 54, no. 34, p. 103
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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