Irving Penn (1917-2009) Two Liqueurs, New York , 1951. photo Sotheby's
Dye-transfer print, printed before 1960. Flush-mounted to an aluminium board. Signed, titled and dated Two Liqueurs, New York 1951, annotated Print made before 1960 and Ref. 6419 by the photographer in pencil, with stamps 'Signed prints of this photograph not exceeding 16' and 'Dye transfer print made before 1960' with number and date in pencil, and with the photographer's Condé Nast copyright stamp on a paper label fixed to the reverse, and with a 'Irving Penn Studio' stamp on the reverse. Framed; 89.5 x 77.5 cm (35 ¼ x 30 ½ in.) Est. 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold 145,250 GBP
PROVENANCE: Pace McGill Gallery, New York
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Irving Penn, Passage. A Work Record, London, Jonathan Cape 1991, ill. p. 107
Irving Penn (1917 - 2009) Frozen Foods with String Beans, New York, 1977. photo Sotheby's
Dye-transfer print, printed 1993. Signed, titled and dated Frozen Food (with string beans) (New York, 1977) and annotated REF: 11183 in pencil on the reverse, stamped 'Signed, dye transfer prints of this image not exceeding 21', numbered and monogrammed in pencil by the photographer, 'Dye Transfer Print made 1993' and with the photographer's Condé Nast copyright stamp with date 1993 in pencil. Mounted and frame;. image 55.5 x 43.5 cm (21 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.), sheet 57.8 x 49.5 cm (22 ¾ x 19 ½ in.) Est. 40,000—50,000 GBP Lot Sold 79,250 GBP
PROVENANCE: Pace McGill Gallery, New York
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Irving Penn. Photographs. A Donation in Memory of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, exh. cat. Stockholm, Moderna Musseet, Raster Foerlag 1996, ill. p. 75.
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