Bonhams, New York, 19 May 2009, lot 142
Irving Penn: Photographs, Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1997, p. 238
Irving Penn: Privatsammlung, Lugano: Galleria Gottardo, 1993, pl. 63
I. Penn et al., Irving Penn: Passage, A Work Record, New York: Knopf/Callaway, 1991, p. 198 (variant)
J. Szarkowski, Irving Penn, New York: MoMA, 1984, pl. 93
I. Penn, Worlds in a Small Room, New York: Grossman, 1974, p. 79 (variant)
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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