Irving Penn (b. 1917)

Selenium toned silver print, mounted on paper, signed titled and dated on the reverse. Initialled and annotated 'Print made 1985' and with the photographer's copyright and edition stamps also on the reverse. Signed silver prints of this negative not exceeding 16. Printed 1985. Framed.

Penn, I. 1991 p. 80.

Pristine condition.
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'Always sensitive to possibilities, Alexander Liberman arranged for me in Paris the use of a daylight studio on the rue de Vaugirard, on the top floor of an old photography school. The light was the light of Paris as I had imagined it, soft but defining.
We found a discarded theater curtain for a backdrop. As it turned out, 1950 was the only year we were able to have couture clothes during daylight hours at the height of the collections. Clothes were hurried to the studio and back to the salons by cyclists. In the excitement of the time even Balenciaga was amenable to having us photograph his designs at our studio on our own choice of models.' Passage, p. 80.