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IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
Lot 330

IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Black and White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York, 1950

Closed2 April 2019

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IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
Black and White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York, 1950
selenium toned gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on paper, printed 1984
signed, titled and dated in ink, numbered 'REF: 7371' in pencil, stamped photographer's/Condé Nast copyright credit and edition information (flush mount, verso)
image: 17 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (45 x 38.7 cm.)
sheet/flush mount: 18 x 15 7/8 in. (45.7 x 40.3 cm.)
This work is from an edition of sixteen signed, silver prints.

Private Collection, Japan;
acquired from the above by the present owner, c. 2000.

Specialist note

"An absolutely stunning creature with a signature beauty mark, Jean was a super model decades before the term ‘super model’ was coined, and, staggeringly, has had more covers than any fashion model in history. Jean Patchett was to Ford what Babe Ruth was to the Yankees."--Gerald Ford, Ford Models