Hamiltons Gallery, London
Phillips, London, 3 November 2010, lot 126
I. Penn, Passage: A Work Record, New York: Knopf, 1991, p. 77 (variant)
J. Szarkowski, Irving Penn, Boston: Little, Brown, pl. 40 (variant)
C. Westerbeck, Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, Boston: Little, Brown, 1997, p. 39 (variant)
Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty, New Haven: Yale, 2015, pl. 72 (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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