ID 1134285
Lot 166 | IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
Girl Drinking (MJR), New York, 1949
platinum-palladium print, mounted on aluminum, printed 1979
signed, titled, dated with print date and numbered '4⁄25' and '1381' in pencil, stamped photographer's copyright credit and Condé Nast Publications reproduction limitation in ink, with edition information (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection and museum labels (frame backing board)
image: 20⁄12 x 19 ½ in. (50.5 x 47.5 cm.)
sheet: 25 x 22 in. (63.5 x 55.8 cm.)
mount: 26 ¼ x 22 in. (66.6 x 55.8 cm.)
Provenance
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992.
Literature
John Szarkowski, Irving Penn, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984, pl. 41.
Exhibition catalogue, Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1997, pl. 77.
Merry A Foresta, Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2015, pl. 71, p. 112.
Exhibited
Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection, November 4, 2000– January 28, 2001.
| Artist: | Irving Penn (1917 - 2009) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | Irving Penn (1917 - 2009) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
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