Irving Penn
"The Fallen Pitcher", 1980.
Signed Irving Penn and numbered 6/25 and dated 1981 on verso. Vintage. Also with stamp "Photographed by Irving Penn, Copyright 1981 by Irving Penn" on verso. Platinum palladium photograph mounted on aluminium, image 28.5 x 48.5 cm. Sheet 41.5 x 61 cm.
Provenance
Galleri Camera Obscura, Stockholm
Exhibitions
Pace/McGill Gallery, New York, "Irving Penn: Archaeology", 2010 - 2011 (another example exhibited).
Literature
The New Yorker, Elisabeth Biondi, "Irving Penn: Archaeology", 5 november 2010, illustrated.
More information
"Originally these pictures were not well received, but now they dazzle us with their precision and visual poetry...The platinum prints further demonstrate the superb craftsmanship Penn so valued; he often spent as much time on printing as he did on shooting."
- The New Yorker, 2010.