IRVING PENN (b. 1917)

Still Life (with mouse), N.Y., 1947

Details

IRVING PENN (b. 1917)
Still Life (with mouse), N.Y., 1947
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated in ink, 'Penn/Condé Nast' copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps (on the verso)
9 7/8 x 8in. (25.1 x 20.3cm.)

Literature

Penn, Passage: A Work Record, Alfred A. Knopf Callaway, 1991, p. 31

Lot Essay

The set of this photograph was created for a magazine illustration. Art director, Alexander Liberman wrote, 'We were planning a frontispiece for a farm issue [of House & Garden magazine] and Penn was asked to compose what to him would be the most symbolic picture of a farm kitchen.' (27th Annual of Advertising and Editorial Art, Art Directors Club, 1948, p. 169). The final picture included a model seated at left. It received an Art Directors Club Medal in 1948.

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