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What did Irving Penn do for photography?
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Celebrated American fashion photographer Irving Penn made great contributions to photography through his use of simple backgrounds. This gave him greater control over aspects like the lighting, and asserted his subjects and their fashions as the sole focus of the composition. Shop a collection of Irving Penn photography from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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Still life with Watermelon, NY
By Irving Penn
Located in Miami, FL
Phillips de Pury Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin
Printed 1985, One from an edition of 21 dye transfer prints
Signed Irving Penn Verso
Literature: Szarkowki, Irving Penn Irving...
Category
1940s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Nude No. 57, 1949–1950
By Irving Penn
Located in Miami, FL
The work is elegantly framed in a high-end modern frame with archival matting.
1 of no more than 12, each print differs somewhat from the others
Negative and print made 1949-1950
I....
Category
1940s Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$41,600 Sale Price
25% Off
Still life with Watermelon, NY
By Irving Penn
Located in Miami, FL
Phillips de Pury Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin
Printed 1985, One from an edition of 21 dye transfer prints
Signed Irving Penn Verso
Literature: Szarkowki, Irving Penn Irving...
Category
1940s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer
Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
By Irving Penn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Irving Penn
Title: Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
Medium: Glossy, fibre based paper
Date: New York, circa 1949
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches
Stamped ...
Category
1940s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
$6,900 Sale Price
54% Off
Still Life with Mouse, New York
By Irving Penn
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed, titled, dated and copyrighted 1983 on back of print. Stamped, 'Signed silver print of this negative not exceeding' and 78 written in pencil on back of print. Annotated, 'Copy...
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pagoda
By Irving Penn
Located in New York, NY
Pagoda
1975
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso
Platinum print (Edition of 49)
10 x 7.5 inches, image
This platinum print is from the “Street Materials Series.”
...
Category
1970s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Platinum
$22,000