Live Auction 2397Three Decades with Irving Penn: Photographs from the Collection of Patricia McCabe
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Lot 39

IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Washington D.C., 1951

Closed14 April 2010

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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Washington D.C., 1951
platinum-palladium print, printed 1973
signed, initialed, titled, dated, numbered '23/35', 'P 1015', inscribed 'Merry Christmas to Pat with love, 1988' in pencil, Penn/Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps (on the verso)
14 3/8 x 20 1/8in. (37.1 x 51.5cm.)

Specialist note

Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875-1966), often regarded as the father of photojournalism, was President of The National Geographic Society and the first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine from 1899 to 1954. Grosvenor is credited with having made the publication the bold chronicler of international scientific exploration that it became known as. His wife, Elsie May (1878-1974) was the daughter of Alexander Graham Bell.