IRVING PENN (1917-2009), The Hand of Miles Davis (C), New York, 1986 | Christie's
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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
'Don't play what's there, play what's not there.' Miles Davis
IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

The Hand of Miles Davis (C), New York, 1986

Price realised GBP 161,000
Estimate
GBP 70,000 – GBP 90,000
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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

The Hand of Miles Davis (C), New York, 1986

Price realised GBP 161,000
Price realised GBP 161,000
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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
The Hand of Miles Davis (C), New York, 1986
gelatin silver print, printed 1992, mounted on board
signed, titled, date of image and of print in ink, stamped copyright credit, photographer's credit and edition (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 19 1/8 x 18 7/8 in. (48.5 x 48 cm.)
mount: 22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm.)
This work is from an edition not exceeding fifteen.
Provenance
Private View, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Irving Penn, Passage: A Work Record, Alfred A. Knopf/Callaway, New York, 1991, p. 259 (variant image).
Irving Penn: Collection Privée, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Fribourg, 1994, pl. 76, p. 103.
Irving Penn, Photographs: A Donation in Memory of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Moderna Museet/Raster Förlag, Stockholm, 1996, p. 187.
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