Irving Penn - Photographs New York Thursday, October 8, 2015 | Phillips

Photographs

New York Auction 8 October 2015

  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Europe

  • Literature

    Knopf/Callaway, Irving Penn: Passage, A Work Record, p. 87

  • 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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Irving Penn

Schiaparelli Coat (Bettina) (A), Paris

1950
Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1984.
13 7/8 x 13 1/4 in. (35.2 x 33.7 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, initialed in ink, Condé Nast copyright credit (courtesy Vogue) reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the reverse of the flush-mount. One from and edition of 13.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

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Photographs

New York Auction 8 October 2015