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Irving Penn
Three-Tiered Vessel, New York, June 12
- Estimate
- $25,000 - 35,000
$30,480
Lot Details
Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 2007.
2007
18 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (47.9 x 36.2 cm)
Signed, initialed twice, titled, dated in ink and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp on the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of no more than 14 gelatin silver prints.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Dee Vitale Henle worked closely with Irving Penn for 14 years until his death in 2009. She then became Associate Director of The Irving Penn Foundation until her retirement in 2017. This print was carefully selected by her with the assistance of Mr. Penn soon after the edition was printed.
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Literature
Irving Penn
American | B. 1917 D. 2009Irving Penn was one of the 20th century’s most significant photographers, known for his arresting images, technical mastery, and quiet intensity. Though he gained widespread acclaim as a leading Vogue photographer for over sixty years, Penn remained a private figure devoted to his craft. Trained under legendary art director Alexey Brodovitch in Philadelphia, he began his career assisting at Harper’s Bazaar before joining Vogue in 1943, where editor and artist Alexander Liberman recognized Penn’s distinctive eye and encouraged him to pursue photography. Penn’s incomparably elegant fashion studies reset the standard for the magazine world, and his portraits, still lifes, and nude studies broke new ground. His 1960 book Moments Preserved redefined the photographic monograph with its dynamic layout and high-quality reproductions. In 1964, Penn began printing in platinum and palladium, reviving this 19th-century process to serve his own distinct vision. An innovator in every sense, Penn’s approach to photography was endlessly adventurous. Few photographers of his generation experimented as widely with both conventional and historic print processes, and none achieved Penn’s level of excellence in all.
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