Galleria Photology, Milan
Private Collection, London
I. Penn, Moments Preserved, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960, p. 39
J. Szarkowski, Irving Penn, New York: MoMA, 1984, p. 27, pl. 17
I. Penn, Passage: A Work Record, New York: Knopf, 1991, p. 125
C. Westerbeck, Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, London: Bulfinch, 1997, p. 114
S. Greenough, Irving Penn: Platinum Prints, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art/New Haven: Yale U., 2005, pl. 37
Irving Penn: Portraits, London: NPG, 2010, n.p.
Irving Penn: Centennial, New York: MoMA, 2017, pl. 130, p. 209
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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