Bellmans Auctioneers, Wisborough Green, 12 December 2018, lot 2569
J. Szarkowski, Irving Penn, New York: MoMA, 1986, pl. 77, 1949-50
I. Penn, Passage: A Work Record, London: Jonathan Cape, 1991, p. 69
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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