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Irving Penn photogravure plate page 21 inside the book Phographie 1947 edited by Arts et Metiers Graphiques.
Measures: 17 x 22.5 cm
Black wood framed size: 40 x 50 cm
Copyright by Condé Nast publications inc.
Irving Penn, (born June 16, 1917, Plainfield, N.J., U.S.-died Oct. 7, 2009, New York, N.Y.), American photographer noted for his sophisticated fashion images and incisive portraits.
Penn, the brother of the motion-picture director Arthur Penn, initially intended to become a painter, but at age 26 he took a job designing photographic covers for the fashion magazine Vogue. He began photographing his own ideas for covers and soon established himself as a fashion photographer. Penn also became an influential portraitist. He photographed a large number of celebrities, engaging each subject to sit for hours and to reveal his or her personality to the camera. In his portraits the subject is usually posed before a bare backdrop and photographed in natural northern light. The resulting images combine simplicity and directness with great formal sophistication. A memorable series of portraits he created in 1950-1951, collectively called Small Trades, was of labourers in New York, Paris, and London formally posed in their work clothes and holding the tools of their trade. This project eventually extended to places such as Nepal, New Guinea, Dahomey (now Benin), and Morocco. Penn’s later platinum prints of female nudes and of cigarette butts are characterized by the same tonal subtlety, compositional virtuosity, and serenity that mark his fashion photography and portraiture.
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- CreatorIrving Penn (Photographer)
- DimensionsHeight: 19.69 in. (50 cm)Width: 15.75 in. (40 cm)Depth: 0.04 in. (1 mm)
- StyleMid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)
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- Place of Origin
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- Date of Manufacture1979
- ConditionWear consistent with age and use.
- Seller LocationBarcelona, ES
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU1427220118582
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