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IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
Veiled Hat (Evelyn Tripp), New York, 1949
gelatin silver print, mounted on board
stamped photographer's copyright credits and annotated in pencil/ink (mount, verso)
image: 15 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (39.4 x 37.5 cm.)
mount: 16 3/4 x 16 in. (42.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Provenance
From the artist to The Famous Photographers School;
acquired from the above by a private collector;
Christie's Paris, July 1, 2014, lot 2;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Irving Penn, Passage: A Work Record, Alfred A.Knopf/Callaway, New York, 1991, p. 75.
Merry A. Foresta, Irving Penn Beyond Beauty, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., 2015, pl. 70, p. 111.
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