Irving Penn - Photographs New York Tuesday, October 1, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Museum Ludwig, Sammlung Gruber, p. 76

  • Catalogue Essay

    “I myself have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.”
    -Irving Penn

  • 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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Women In Wartime (Dorian Leigh and Evelyn Tripp), New York

1950
Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1984.
18 5/8 x 18 5/8 in. (47.3 x 47.3 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, initialed in ink, Condé Nast copyright credit (courtesy Vogue) reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso. One from an edition of 16.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

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Photographs

New York 30 September & 1 October 2013