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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Lot 61

IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

Cecil Beaton

Fermé16 May 2012

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GBP 20,000

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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Cecil Beaton
platinum palladium print, flush-mounted on aluminium, printed May-June 1980
signed, titled, dated, numbered '5/15', annotated '2620','Rives paper on aluminium', '(1) Platinum-palladium' '(2) Platinum-palladium' in pencil, stamped 'Deacidified', Penn/Condé Nast copyright, credit, reproduction limitation, and edition stamps (flush mount, verso)
image 15 x 14½in. (38 x 37.8cm.)
sheet/flush mount 24 x 20in. (61 x 50.6cm.)
This print is number 15 from the edition of 15 in platinum metals; an edition of un-numbered gelatin silver prints not exceeding 15 may also exist.

Note du spécialiste

In his Moments Preserved caption, Penn describes Beaton as 'An acute reporter of his time and milieu'.

Gift of an Anonymous donor.