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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 6, 2024 | Grisebach | Berlin | Photography Online Only, 6 – 15 December 2024 | 1405 | $****** - ****** | Colette, Paris |
photographs
38.3 x 39 cm (15.08 x 15.35 in)
Gelatin silver print
Signed, dedicated and monogrammed in black ballpoint pen on the reverse. Negative no. by Irving Penn in pencil and two photographer"s stamps: “Photograph by PENN” and “PHOTOGRAPH by IRVING PENN”. Copyright stamp of “Condé Nast Publications, Inc.”.
Irving Penn (Plainfield/New Jersey 1917 - 2009 New York). Colette, Paris. 1951
Gelatin silver print, printed later. 38,3 × 39 cm (45,8 × 40,,6 cm) (15 ⅛ × 15 ⅜ in. (18 × 40,,6 in.)). Signed, dedicated and monogrammed in black ballpoint pen on the reverse. Negative no. by Irving Penn in pencil and two photographer"s stamps: “Photograph by PENN” and “PHOTOGRAPH by IRVING PENN”. Copyright stamp of “Condé Nast Publications, Inc.”.
[2033]
Literature and illustration:
Irving Penn: Passage. Ein Lebenswerk. Munich, Paris, London 1991, p. 111/ exh. cat.: Irving Penn. A Career in Photography. Eine Retrospektive; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Munich, Stadtmuseum, et al. 1997/ 98, p. 156, cat. no. 76 / exh. cat.: Irving Penn: Centennial. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Paris, Grand palace; São Paulo, Instituto Moreira Salles, 2017/18, p. 207, pl. 128
Condition report: Satin finish heavy paper. With traces of use and defects in the margins. At the lower right edge of the image, approx. 4 cm from the right, 14 cm from the bottom, vertical curved crease, approx. 7 cm long. Slightly above this in right edge diagonal crease, approx. 4 cm long. Further minor creases and pressure marks, mostly in the margin areas. Occasional unobtrusive stains and minimal silvering, visible in raking light. Lower right corner in the sheet margin with creasing, bottom edge of the image on the very right with fine, barely noticeable craquelure. Bottom edge in the sheet margin with major loss of gelatin layer, approx. 2 x 6 cm. Upper edge with minuscule tear, approx. 0.5 cm, and remnant of transparent adhesive strip. The reverse with individual discolorations and paper abrasions tdue to former adhesive mounting.
