Michael Hoppen Gallery, London
I. Penn, Worlds in a Small Room, Grossman, 1974, p. 47
Irving Penn, Other Ways of Being, exh. cat., Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1990, pl. 3
I. Penn, Passage, A Work Record, Knopf, 1991, p. 183
I. Penn, People in Passage, Photology, 1992, pp. 36-37
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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