Picasso (B), Cannes, 1957

Details

IRVING PENN
Picasso (B), Cannes, 1957
gelatin silver print, printed 1984
signed, initialled, titled, dated and annotated 'neg. no. 31' in ink, numbered '7857' in pencil, 'Penn/Condé Nast' copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on reverse of flush-mount
16 x 15 1/8in. (46.6 x 38.4cm.)

Literature

Penn, Moments Preserved, Simon & Schuster, 1960, p.39, for a variant; Penn, Passage, Jonathan Cape, 1991, p.125, for a variant; Greenough, Irving Penn: Platinum Prints, National Gallery of Art, 2005, pl.37, for a variant.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Penn described Picasso as 'A great presence, deeply aware of his own image...' (Moments Preserved, p.39)

The photographer has stamped and annotated the reverse of the flush-mount stating 'signed, silver prints of this negative not exceeding 21.'

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