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IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

Two New Guinea Young Women with Feathers, 1970

    Price Realised EUR 16,380
    Estimate
    EUR 15,000 - EUR 20,000
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    IRVING PENN (1917-2009)

    Two New Guinea Young Women with Feathers, 1970

    Price Realised EUR 16,380
    Price Realised EUR 16,380
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    IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
    Two New Guinea Young Women with Feathers, 1970
    tirage dye transfer, tiré en 1990
    signé, titré, daté (image et tirage), numéroté '20' et annoté au crayon avec cachet de copyright du photographe/Vogue et cachet de limitation d'édition (verso)
    image : 48,5 x 47,7 cm. (191⁄8 x 18.6/8 in.)
    feuille : 57,3 x 49,8 cm. (22.4/8 x 195⁄8 in.)
    Ce tirage provient d'une édition de vingt exemplaires.

    DYE TRANSFER PRINT; PRINTED 1990; SIGNED, TITLED, DATED (IMAGE AND PRINT), NUMBERED '20' AND VARIOUSLY ANNOTATED IN PENCIL WITH STAMPED PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT CREDIT AND EDITION INFORMATION (VERSO)
    Provenance
    Hamiltons Gallery, Londres
    Acquis directement auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel en 1993
    Literature
    Irving Penn, Passage: A Work Record, Jonathan Cape, Londres, 1991, p. 191.
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