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Irving Penn

Vogue Fashion Photograph (Lisa Fonssagrives), New York

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000
$20,320
Lot Details
Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1990.
1949
12 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. (32.7 x 32.4 cm)
Signed, initialed, titled, dated in ink, Condé Nast copyright credit (Courtesy Vogue) reproduction limitation, credit and edition stamps on the reverse of the mount. One from an edition of 6.

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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