• Photographies d'Irving Penn pr auction at Christies

    Sale 1062

    Photographies d'Irving Penn provenant d'une collection privée française

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    12 November 2011

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    • IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
    Lot 213

    IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

    Three Dahomey Girls, One Standing, Dahomey, 1976

    Price realised

    EUR 25,000

    Estimate

    EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000

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    IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
    Three Dahomey Girls, One Standing, Dahomey, 1976
    tirage argentique monté sur carton, tiré en 1984
    signé, signé des initiales, titré, daté et numéroté '2593' à l'encre, cachets de copyright de limitation de reproduction, de l'édition et du photographe (au dos du montage)
    image 49.2 x 49 cm. (19 3/8 x 19¼ in.)
    montage 58.5 x 58.5 cm. (23 x 23 in.)
    Tirage provenant d'une édition de 12.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Penn, Moments Preserved, Simon and Schuster, 1960 (illustré p.38).


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    Post Lot Text

    GELATIN SILVER PRINT MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD, PRINTED 1984; SIGNED, INITIALED, TITLED, DATED AND NUMBERED IN INK, COPYRIGHT CREDIT REPRODUCTION LIMITATION, EDITION AND PHOTOGRAPHER STAMPS ON THE REVERSE OF THE MOUNT.


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