Chanel Feather Headdress [by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Haute Couture], New York, 1994

Details

IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Chanel Feather Headdress [by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel Haute Couture], New York, 1994
tirage platinum-palladium, tiré en 1996, monté sur aluminium
signé, titré, daté (image et tirage) numéroté '1/7' et annoté au crayon avec cachet de copyright du photographe/Condé Nast (montage, verso)
image : 55.5 x 50 cm. (21 7/8 x 19 ¾ in.)
feuille/montage : 62.4 x 55.5 cm. (24 ½ x 21 7/8 in.)
Ce tirage est le numéro un d'une édition de sept exemplaires.

Provenance

Hamiltons Gallery, Londres.

Literature

Vogue, New York, décembre 1994, p. 271, dans un portfolio ‘Flights of fancy’ (version couleur).
Eve MacSweeney (ed.), Vogue The Editor’s Eye, Abrams, New York, 2012, p. 333.

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Further details

PLATINUM-PALLADIUM PRINT, PRINTED 1996, FLUSH-MOUNTED ON ALUMINIUM; SIGNED, TITLED, DATE OF IMAGE AND OF PRINT, NUMBERED '1/7' AND VARIOUSLY ANNOTATED IN PENCIL WITH STAMPED PHOTOGRAPHER'S/CONDÉ NAST COPYRIGHT CREDIT (FLUSH MOUNT, VERSO)

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Lot Essay

In 1988…Anna Wintour decided to shift Penn from fashion to beauty and still life…. But he was at a point in his career when, as [fashion editor Phyllis] Posnick says, “he didn’t have to do another picture. So he only wanted to do pictures he felt strongly about. I was lucky in that respect because, although it made it more difficult, he would only do things where he thought he could get a memorable image.” Vince Aletti

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