13th Sep, 2026 14:00

OSTLICHT AUCTION at PARALLEL VIENNA

 
  Lot 41
 

IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
Woman in Chicken Hat (contact print sheet with 10 images), New York, December 2, 1949

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€5,000 - €5,500
 

Buyer's premium: 20%

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Lot details

Start price: € 2,600

 

Estimate: € 5,000–5,500

English:

Vintage gelatin silver print, contact print with 10 exposures, c. 25.4 x 20.8 cm, in very good condition. Numerical notes in the negative, Condé Nast copyright stamp on the reverse. PROVENANCE Estate of Roland Pleterski, assistant of Irving Penn in New York.

The unique vintage contact sheet from the shooting 'Woman in Chicken Hat' depicts Lisa Fonssagrives, the Swedish model, dancer, sculptor, and photographer who became Penn's wife in 1950. Often regarded as the first supermodel, their artistic partnership produced some of the defining images in the history of fashion photography.

Deutsch:

Vintage-Silbergelatineabzug, Kontaktabzug mit 10 Aufnahmen, c. 25,4 x 20,8 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Numerische Vermerke im Negativ, rückseitig datierter Condé Nast Copyrightstempel. PREOVENIENZ Nachlass von Roland Pleterski, Assistent von Irving Penn in New York.

Das Unikat-Vintage-Kontaktblatt aus dem Shooting 'Woman in Chicken Hat' zeigt Lisa Fonssagrives, das schwedische Model, die Tänzerin, Bildhauerin und Fotografin, die 1950 Penns Ehefrau wurde. Sie gilt vielfach als das erste Supermodel. Aus ihrer künstlerischen Zusammenarbeit gingen einige der prägendsten Bilder in der Geschichte der Modefotografie hervor.

Image size: 5.3 x 5.7 cm each

 

Auction: OSTLICHT AUCTION at PARALLEL VIENNA, 13th Sep, 2026

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