Live Auction 2397Three Decades with Irving Penn: Photographs from the Collection of Patricia McCabe
Christie’s roundel
Lot 34 ...the reader will probably note my preference for flowers considerably after they have passed the point of perfection, when they have already begun spotting and browning and twisting on their way back to the earth.
Irving Penn

IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

Lavender Glory Poppy (New York), 1968

Closed14 April 2010

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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Lavender Glory Poppy (New York), 1968
dye-transfer print, printed 1984
signed, initialed, titled, dated, numbered '15122' in ink, initialed and inscribed 'For Pat' in pencil, Penn/Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps (on the verso); one of an edition of 21
23 1/8 x 18¼in. (59.3 x 46.7cm.)