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Norman Parkinson's pictures are like remarkable stills from a film of an interesting life. They always give me pleasure and a feeling of excitement. -- Irving Penn, June 1960
NORMAN PARKINSON (1913-1990)
Wenda Parkinson, The Lead, for Brogue 1948
Details
NORMAN PARKINSON (1913-1990)
Wenda Parkinson, The Lead, for Brogue 1948
gelatin silver print
credit, title, date in pencil, in ink and Parkinson Trust Condé Nast Brogue copyright credit reproduction limitation and date stamps (on the verso)
11 7/8 x 12¼in. (30.5 x 31in.)
Wenda Parkinson, The Lead, for Brogue 1948
gelatin silver print
credit, title, date in pencil, in ink and Parkinson Trust Condé Nast Brogue copyright credit reproduction limitation and date stamps (on the verso)
11 7/8 x 12¼in. (30.5 x 31in.)
Provenance
The Norman Parkinson Estate;
acquired 2005.
acquired 2005.
Literature
British Vogue, January 1949, pp. 34-35;
Harrison, Parkinson Photographs 1935-1990, Conran Octopus, 1994, cover and pl. 71 (full frame) and 88.
Harrison, Parkinson Photographs 1935-1990, Conran Octopus, 1994, cover and pl. 71 (full frame) and 88.
Further Details
This image was published in British Vogue (Brogue) in a feature, 'You and Your Eidelon'. The green taffeta cocktail dress is by Wallace.