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IRVING PENN (b.1917)
Lot 93 A great presence, deeply aware of his own image, he peered silently at the reflection of his head in the camera's lens, occasionally altering the attitude.

IRVING PENN on Picasso

IRVING PENN (b.1917)

Picasso (B), Cannes, 1957

Closed13 November 2007

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GBP 31,700

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IRVING PENN (b.1917)
Picasso (B), Cannes, 1957
platinum-palladium print, printed February 1985
signed, initialled, titled, dated and numbered '30/47', '3277' in pencil, 'Penn/Condé Nast' copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on reverse of aluminium flush-mount
18 5/8 x 18 5/8in. (47.2 x 47.2cm.)

Specialist note

The photographer has stamped, annotated and labelled the verso stating, 'In addition to 47* numbered prints of this image in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver prints not exceeding a total of 21 may exist'/'*Of the 47 prints: 34 prints are full image, 7 prints as a detail section, 6 prints as a detail section with lettering'.