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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Lot 236 My preference for flowers [is] considerably after they have passed that point of perfection, when they have begun spotting and browning and twisting their way back to earth.
Irving Penn

IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

Single Oriental Poppy (New York), 1968

Closed3 April 2014

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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Single Oriental Poppy (New York), 1968
dye-transfer print, flush-mounted on board, printed 1987
signed, initialed, titled, dated, notation '15480', Vogue credit in ink, copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps, stamped 'Signed prints of this photograph not exceeding 17', 'In addition to 17 dye-transfer prints of this image there are also 12 signed, numbered platinum-palladium prints' and 'dye-transfer print made 1987' (on the reverse of the flush-mount)
image/sheet/flush-mount: 22 x 18¼in. (57 x 46.3cm.)

With Hamiltons, London;
to a Private Collection
Christie's, New York, April 5, 2000, lot 32