Irving Penn Cuzco Children, Christmas, Peru 1948 Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1984. 15 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. (38.7 x 39.1 cm) Signed, titled, dated, annotated 'Courtesy of Vogue' in ink, Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso. One from an edition of 23.
Provenance Sotheby's, New York, 17 April 2002, lot 227 Literature Art Institute of Chicago, Irving Penn A Career in Photography, cat. 37 for a variant Haworth-Booth, The Folio Society Book of the 100 Greatest Photographs, p. 153 for a variant Knopf/Callaway, Irving Penn Passage, a Work Record, p. 61 for a variant titled Brother and Sister, Cuzco Szarkowski, Irving Penn pl. 59 for a variant there titled Mountain Children, Cuzco 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
Irving Penn Cuzco Children, Christmas, Peru 1948 Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1984. 15 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. (38.7 x 39.1 cm) Signed, titled, dated, annotated 'Courtesy of Vogue' in ink, Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso. One from an edition of 23.
Provenance Sotheby's, New York, 17 April 2002, lot 227 Literature Art Institute of Chicago, Irving Penn A Career in Photography, cat. 37 for a variant Haworth-Booth, The Folio Society Book of the 100 Greatest Photographs, p. 153 for a variant Knopf/Callaway, Irving Penn Passage, a Work Record, p. 61 for a variant titled Brother and Sister, Cuzco Szarkowski, Irving Penn pl. 59 for a variant there titled Mountain Children, Cuzco 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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