Irving Penn

Lot 210. Irving Penn (American, 1917 - 2009), Callot Swallow-Tail Dress, 1974. Platinum-palladium print. 20 1/2 x 18 in. (52.1 x 45.7 cm). Signed, titled, dated, numbered 6/19, annotated in pencil, copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the reverse of the aluminum flush-mount. Estimate $40,000 - 60,000. © Philips Provenance: Marlborough Gallery, New YorkPrivate Collection, New York Literature: Penn, Passage: A Work Record, p.... [Lire la suite]

 Irving Penn, Cuzco Town Photographer with Barefoot Girl, Cuzco, 1948, 11 3/4 x 11 5/16 inches. Signed, titled, dated, and annotated with stamps and pencil verso. Printed in 1989. Copyright © by The Irving Penn Foundation LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Fahey/Klein Gallery is presenting Irving Penn: Worlds in a Small Room, Seen & Unseen, a solo exhibition of works by renowned photographer Irving Penn. This exhibition will feature a powerful retrospective of Penn’s ethnographic studies, which illustrate the diversity of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 133. Man Ray (1890-1976), Minotaur, dated and numbered '36' in pencil and with the photographer's '31 bis, Rue Campagne Première' studio stamp (Manford M6) and posthumous copyright stamp (Manford M30) on the reverse, 1933, 5 7/8  by 9 1/4  in. (14.9 by 23.5 cm.) Estimate: $150/250,000. Sold for $175,000. Courtesy Sotheby’s.    NEW YORK, NY.- Emily Bierman, Head of Sotheby’s Photographs Department in New York, commented: “We are delighted with the results of today’s... [Lire la suite]

Lot 30. Irving Penn (American • 1917 - 2009), Single Oriental Poppy, New York, 1968. Estimate £50,000 - 70,000. Courtesy Phillips. Dye transfer print, printed 1989. Approximately 54.4 x 43.1 cm (21 3/8 x 16 7/8 in.). Signed, initialled, titled, dated in pencil, Condé Nast copyright credit (courtesy Vogue) reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the verso. From an edition of 18. Provenance: Pace/MacGill Gallery, New YorkPrivate Collection, Los Angeles ... [Lire la suite]

LONDON.- Sotheby’s annual London sale of Photographs on 19 May 2017 showcases some of the most exciting emerging contemporary talents in the field, alongside a selection of early twentieth century gems. The younger generation of artists include Alex Prager, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Pieter Hugo and Sohei Nishino, who was nominated for this year’s Prix Pictet. Works by well-known favourites Albert Watson, Irving Penn, Guy Bourdin and Peter Lindbergh will be offered together with Peter Beard’s distinctive photo-collages, and striking... [Lire la suite]

NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a major retrospective of the photographs of Irving Penn to mark the centennial of the artist's birth. Over the course of his nearly 70-year career, Irving Penn (1917–2009) mastered a pared-down aesthetic of studio photography that is distinguished for its meticulous attention to composition, nuance, detail, and printmaking. Irving Penn: Centennial, is the most comprehensive exhibition of the great American photographer's work to date and includes both masterpieces and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 36. Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn, N.Y., 1951. Estimate £5,000 - 7,000. Photo Phillips Gelatin silver print, printed later.55.8 x 44.5 cm (21 7/8 x 17 1/2 in.)Signature blindstamp in the margin; signed, titled and dated in pencil on the verso.   Provenance: Private Collection, Europe Literature: M. Kazmaier, Horst: Sixty Years of Photography, Thames & Hudson, 1991, pl. 122 Phillips. PHOTOGRAPHS LONDON AUCTION 3 NOVEMBER 2016

Lot 83. Irving Penn, Balenciaga 'Little Great' Coat (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris, 1950. Estimate £10,000 - 15,000. Photo Phillips Selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1985. 36.8 x 33.4 cm (14 1/2 x 13 1/8 in.)Signed, initialled, titled, dated in ink, Condé Nast copyright credit (courtesy Vogue) reproduction limitation, credit and edition stamps on the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of 16.  Provenance: Hamiltons Gallery, London Literature: I. Penn, Passage, A... [Lire la suite]

Issey Miyake by Irving Penn.

Irving Penn, Issey Miyake Fashion: White and Black, New York, 1990, printed 1992, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation.