IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
Edward Steichen, New York 1959

Estimate: € 10.000–12.000

Vintage silver print, mounted on the original cardboard

34 x 34,5 cm

Two of the photographer's “Photograph by Penn” stamps, Condé Nast copyright stamps, caption label, “Penn Studios” stamp and several handwritten notations in pencil on the reverse, the print shows a couple of surface craquelures, which are only visible in angular light, otherwise beautiful strong print

PROVENANCE Private Collection, Germany

LITERATURE Featured in Vogue, August 1959; Irving Penn, Moments Preserved, New York 1960, p. 141; Museum Ludwig, exhibition catalogue, Sammlung Gruber. Photographie des 20. Jarhunderts, Cologne 1984, p. 343. (variant/other print of this image)

Start price: €5.500