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Lot 177
IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Dahomey Children, 1967
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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Dahomey Children, 1967
selenium toned gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed 1985
signed, titled, dated [with print date] and numbered of '15' and '13886' in ink, stamped photographer's copyright credit with 'COURTESY OF VOGUE' and Condé Nast Publications reproduction limitation in ink and pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection and gallery labels (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 15 ¼ x 15 ¼ in. (38.7 x 38.7 cm.)
mount: 18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm.)
This work is one of an edition of fifteen.
Dahomey Children, 1967
selenium toned gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed 1985
signed, titled, dated [with print date] and numbered of '15' and '13886' in ink, stamped photographer's copyright credit with 'COURTESY OF VOGUE' and Condé Nast Publications reproduction limitation in ink and pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection and gallery labels (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 15 ¼ x 15 ¼ in. (38.7 x 38.7 cm.)
mount: 18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm.)
This work is one of an edition of fifteen.
IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Dahomey Children, 1967
selenium toned gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed 1985
signed, titled, dated [with print date] and numbered of '15' and '13886' in ink, stamped photographer's copyright credit with 'COURTESY OF VOGUE' and Condé Nast Publications reproduction limitation in ink and pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection and gallery labels (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 15 ¼ x 15 ¼ in. (38.7 x 38.7 cm.)
mount: 18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm.)
This work is one of an edition of fifteen.
Dahomey Children, 1967
selenium toned gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed 1985
signed, titled, dated [with print date] and numbered of '15' and '13886' in ink, stamped photographer's copyright credit with 'COURTESY OF VOGUE' and Condé Nast Publications reproduction limitation in ink and pencil (mount, verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection and gallery labels (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 15 ¼ x 15 ¼ in. (38.7 x 38.7 cm.)
mount: 18 x 18 in. (45.7 x 45.7 cm.)
This work is one of an edition of fifteen.
Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2006.
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2006.
Irving Penn, Worlds in a Small Room, Penguin Books, New York, 1980, p. 37.
Irving Penn, Irving Penn: Passage: A Work Record, Knopf: Callaway, New York, 1991, p.170.
Irving Penn, Irving Penn: Passage: A Work Record, Knopf: Callaway, New York, 1991, p.170.