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.
1980 Platinum palladium print, printed 1981. 11 1/8 x 19 1/8 in. (28.3 x 48.6 cm) Signed, titled, dated, numbered 15/69, annotated in pencil, copyright credit and edition stamps on the reverse of the aluminum flush-mount.
