Irving Penn (B. 1917) Colette, 1960

platinum-palladium print, flush-mounted on aluminum, printed July 1974. signed, dated, numbered '25/50' in ink, edition stamp and typed 'Penn/Condé Nast' copyright credit reproduction label affixed (on the reverse of the flush-mount). 19¾ x 19¾in. (50 x 50cm.) Estimate  $12,000 - $18,000

Provenance: With Marlborough Gallery, New York

Literature: Penn, Moments Preserved, Simon & Schuster, 1960, p. 22; Szarkowski, Irving Penn, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984, pl. 35; Penn, Passage: A Work Record, Jonathan Cape, 1991, p. 111; Greenough, Irving Penn: Platinum Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005, pl. 36

Christie's. Photographs. 31 March 2009. New York, Rockefeller Plaza www.christies.com  Image 2009 Christie's LTD