Lot 93
  • 93

Irving Penn

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Irving Penn
  • 'Three Dahomey Girls, one reclining', 1967
  • photograph on paper
Selenium toned silver print, printed 1984, flush-mounted to card. Signed, titled, dated and initialled, with the photographer's copyright  stamp dated 1974, the reference number 1928, the 'Signed, silver prints of this negative not exceeding 15' and 'There are also in existence 35 prints of this negative in platinum metals' and 'Toned in selenium' stamps on the reverse. Mounted and framed.

Provenance

Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

Literature

John Szarkowski, Irving Penn, exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, London, Thames & Hudson, 1984, ill. pl. 96.

Condition

This print is in very good condition. With a small handling crease (approx. 2cm) near the centre left edge and a small retouched area (approx. 1.5cm) at the centre left edge only visible in raking light. The card is hinged to the window mount with strips of archival tape at the upper edge on the reverse.
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