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NORMAN PARKINSON (1913-1990)
Lot 132

NORMAN PARKINSON (1913-1990)

Young Look in the Theatre, 1953

Closed7 December 2009

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USD 3,750

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NORMAN PARKINSON (1913-1990)
Young Look in the Theatre, 1953
gelatin silver print
initialed and partial annotation 'OK' in ink (on the recto); title in pencil, credit in ink, 'Condé Nast' copyright credit, reproduction limitation, date and Parkinson Trust stamps (on the verso)
15¾ x 20¼in. (40 x 51.4cm.)

With Hamiltons Gallery, London

Specialist note

Parkinson has constructed this group portrait (including himself) with a charming, respectful wink to Irving Penn who initiated the genre with such elaborate groupings as his Twelve Most Photographed Models, 'New Yorker' Cartoonists, and Ballet Theatre, all made in New York in 1947.