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Auction archive: Lot number 18

Irving Penn

Photographs
8 Oct 2010
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 18

Irving Penn

Photographs
8 Oct 2010
Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Irving Penn Max Weber 1950 Gelatin silver print. 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (23.8 x 18.4 cm). Signed in ink on the mount; credit and Condé Nast copyright stamps on the verso.
Provenance Keith DeLellis Gallery, New York 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

Auction archive: Lot number 18
Auction:
Datum:
8 Oct 2010
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

Irving Penn Max Weber 1950 Gelatin silver print. 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (23.8 x 18.4 cm). Signed in ink on the mount; credit and Condé Nast copyright stamps on the verso.
Provenance Keith DeLellis Gallery, New York 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

Auction archive: Lot number 18
Auction:
Datum:
8 Oct 2010
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
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