PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIA COLLECTION Irving Penn Rag and Bone Man (A), London 1950 Platinum palladium print, printed 1976. 16 1/2 x 13 in. (41.9 x 33 cm) Signed, titled, dated, numbered 15/32, initialed in pencil, Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso.
Provenance Marlborough Gallery, New York Sotheby's New York, 8 April 2008, lot 234 Literature Greenough, Irving Penn Platinum Prints, pl. 31 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Irving Penn Small Trades, pl. 200 Knopf/Callaway, Irving Penn Passage, p. 98 Catalogue Essay Please reference the beginning of the afternoon session (lot 140) for an essay on this collection. Read More Artist Bio Irving Penn 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. View More Works
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIA COLLECTION Irving Penn Rag and Bone Man (A), London 1950 Platinum palladium print, printed 1976. 16 1/2 x 13 in. (41.9 x 33 cm) Signed, titled, dated, numbered 15/32, initialed in pencil, Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso.
Provenance Marlborough Gallery, New York Sotheby's New York, 8 April 2008, lot 234 Literature Greenough, Irving Penn Platinum Prints, pl. 31 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Irving Penn Small Trades, pl. 200 Knopf/Callaway, Irving Penn Passage, p. 98 Catalogue Essay Please reference the beginning of the afternoon session (lot 140) for an essay on this collection. Read More Artist Bio Irving Penn 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. View More Works
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