IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

Chanel Sequined Suit, New York, 1947

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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Chanel Sequined Suit, New York, 1947
gelatin silver print, printed 1975-1976
signed (twice), initialed, titled, dated, inscribed 'For Pat Merry Christmas with Love', notation 'Ref: 13120' in ink, Penn copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps (on the reverse of the mount); one from the edition not exceeding 40
image/sheet: 15½ x 15¼in. (37.5 x 38.6cm.)
mount: 20 x 20in. (50.8 x 50.8cm.)
Provenance
From the artist;
to Patricia McCabe (Mr. Penn's assistant);
by bequest to Ms. McCabe's family;
Christie's, New York, Three Decades with Irving Penn: Photographs from the Collection of Patricia McCabe, April 14, 2010, lot 59
Literature
Penn and Vreeland, Inventive Paris Clothes 1909-1939, The Viking Press, 1977, p. 79; Irving Penn photographs in Platinum metals - images 1947-1975, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., 1977, p. 2; Szarkowski, Irving Penn, The Museum of Modern Art, 1984, pl. 124; Foresta and Stapp, Irving Penn: Master Images, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, cat. no. 48, p. 61; Penn, Passage: A Work Record, Alfred A. Knopf/Callaway, 1991, p. 212

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