Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, Photographs: Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin, 25 April 2007, lot 261
J. Szarkowski, Irving Penn, MoMA, 1984, pl. 73
I. Penn, Passage, A Work Record, Knopf, 1991, p. 39
C. Westerbeck, ed., Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago/ Bulfinch, 1997, p. 181
I. Penn, Still Life, Thames & Hudson, 2001, n.p.
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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