ID 1134206
Lot 154 | IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
Optician's Shop Window (Version B), New York, 1939
selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1983
signed, titled, dated '1939 (?)' with print date '1983' and numbered ‘12522’ in pencil, stamped photographer's copyright credit and Condé Nast Publications reproduction limitation and edition information in ink (verso); credited, titled, dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection label (mat backing board)
image: 13 ¼ x 9 ¼ in. (33.6 x 23.4 cm.)
sheet:14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
This work is one of an edition of sixty-five.
Provenance
Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
John Szarkowski, Irving Penn, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1984, pl. 1.
Colin Westerbeck, ed., Irving Penn: A Career in Photography,The Art Institute of Chicago, 1997, pl. 80.
| Artist: | Irving Penn (1917 - 2009) |
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| Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
| Art style: | Modern art, Conceptual art |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | Irving Penn (1917 - 2009) |
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| Applied technique: | Gelatin silver print |
| Art style: | Modern art, Conceptual art |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Address of auction |
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