Irving Penn (1917-2009)
Lot 66

Irving Penn (1917-2009)

Four Guedras, Morocco, 1971

Closed6 April 2016

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USD 77,500

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Irving Penn (1917-2009)
Four Guedras, Morocco, 1971
platinum-palladium print, mounted on aluminum, printed 1985
signed, titled, dated, numbered '18/18' in pencil, annotated 'courtesy of Vogue' in pencil in photographer's copyright credit stamp, and stamped 'In addition to 18 numbered prints of this image in platinum metals, unnumbered, but signed, silver prints not exceeding a total of 18 may exist' and 'hand-coated by the photographer' (mount, verso)
image: 23 x 19 5/8 in. (58.4 x 49.8 cm.)
sheet: 24 7/8 x 22 in. (63.2 x 55.9 cm.)
mount: 26 x 22 in. (66.1 x 56 cm.)
This work is number 18 from the edition of 18.

with Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York.

Specialist note

What I really try to do is photograph people at rest, in a state of serenity.

Irving Penn