The subjects of Irving Penn's Street Material...have been exposed not only to the elements but to the brutal indifference of urban life.... Penn...entices the viewer to examine it as if under a microscope. At this point we are introduced to a realm of highly suggestive abstract imagery abounding in the unexpected.
Henry Geldzahler
IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Twisted Paper (SM), Neg. III, 1975
Details
IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Twisted Paper (SM), Neg. III, 1975
platinum-palladium print, printed 1976
signed, titled, dated, numbered '45/69', edition annotation, inscribed 'Merry Christmas to Pat with love [heart symbol], Christmas 1976' in pencil and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp (on the verso)
29 7/8 x 22¼in. (76.3 x 57cm.) (sheet)
Twisted Paper (SM), Neg. III, 1975
platinum-palladium print, printed 1976
signed, titled, dated, numbered '45/69', edition annotation, inscribed 'Merry Christmas to Pat with love [heart symbol], Christmas 1976' in pencil and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp (on the verso)
29 7/8 x 22¼in. (76.3 x 57cm.) (sheet)
Literature
Irving Penn photographs in platinum metals - images 1947-1975, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 1977, cat. no. 4; Penn, Passage: A Work Record, Alfred A. Knopf Callaway, 1991, p. 221
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