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Lot 131 SPOTLIGHT: IRVING PENN
Christie’s is pleased to announce Spotlight: Irving Penn, a celebration of the legendary photographer’s indelible impression on photography. The nine photographs offered herein reflect Penn’s scalpel-sharp ability to present a familiar subject in a refreshingly unexpected way. Be it in his intimate portraits of public figures, laudatory portraits of everyday people, monumental depiction of flowers or his sculptural rendition of still-life compositions, Penn created an idiosyncratic visual language that appears as innovative and timeless as the time it was created.
IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION
Christie’s is pleased to announce Spotlight: Irving Penn, a celebration of the legendary photographer’s indelible impression on photography. The nine photographs offered herein reflect Penn’s scalpel-sharp ability to present a familiar subject in a refreshingly unexpected way. Be it in his intimate portraits of public figures, laudatory portraits of everyday people, monumental depiction of flowers or his sculptural rendition of still-life compositions, Penn created an idiosyncratic visual language that appears as innovative and timeless as the time it was created.
IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION
IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986
Closed10 October 2017
Price Realised
USD 200,000
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'Then, for about an hour, [Miles Davis and I] went to work. At the end, I said, ‘Thank you very much.’ He got up, came over to me, and kissed me on the mouth. I didn’t know what to say. We shook hands, and he left. Later, I got the chance to know his music, and it struck me as being visual art of a most profound kind. How terrible I couldn’t share that with him then. This is one of the heartbreaks of the profession, I have only the kiss to remember.' –Irving Penn