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Irving Penn

(United States, 1917-2009)
Estimate
300 000 - 400 000 SEK
27 500 - 36 700 EUR
27 900 - 37 200 USD
Hammer price
290 000 SEK
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Irving Penn
(United States, 1917-2009)

"Motorcycle policeman, New York, 1951"

Signed Irving Penn and numbered 4/23 on verso. Printed in July 1976. With stamp "Handcoated by the photographer" on verso. Platinum-palladium, image 48.5 x 36 cm. Sheet 57 x 51 cm.

Provenance

Camera Obscura, Stockholm.
Private collection.

Literature

Irving Penn, "Moments preserved : eight essays in photographs and words", 1960, reproduced fullpage page 178.
Irving Penn, "Passage: A work record", 1991, reproduced fullpage page 117.
Virginia A. Heckert and Anne Lacoste, "Irving Penn Small Trades", J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009, reproduced fullpage plate 87.

More information

Ingår i serien "The Small Trades", de sk arbetarporträtten Irving Penn tog med början 1950 i London, Paris och New York. År 2008 förvärvade The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 252 bilder i denna serie. Sviten visades för första gången i sin helhet på utställningen "The Small Trades" på Getty Center september 2009- januari 2010.