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Irving Penn

Cuzco Woman with High Shoes

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000
£17,780
Lot Details
Platinum-palladium print, printed 1978.
1948
30 x 28.5 cm (11 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.)
Signed, titled, dated, numbered 3/20, annotated, 'Condé Nast Publications Inc.' reproduction limitation notation in pencil, credit, copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the reverse of the mount.

Irving Penn

American | B. 1917 D. 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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