Lot 246
  • 246

Irving Penn b. 1917

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Irving Penn
  • 'three village elders of khenifra, morocco (three arabs, morocco)'
signed, titled twice, dated, and annotated by the photographer in ink and with his credit, edition, and Condé Nast copyright stamps, annotated 'courtesy of Vogue' by him in ink, on the reverse, matted, 1971, printed in 1984, one of no more than 11 prints in gelatin silver (MoMA, pl. 92; Worlds, p. 86)

Condition

This print, which is selenium-toned, is in generally excellent condition. In high raking light, two very faint handling creases are visible at the right center of the image.
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