Lot 137
Lot 137
IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Woman in Moroccan Palace (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Marrakech, 1951

Price Realised USD 88,200
Estimate
USD 80,000 - USD 120,000
Closed: 17 Apr 2025
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IRVING PENN (1917–2009)

Woman in Moroccan Palace (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Marrakech, 1951

Price Realised USD 88,200
Closed: 17 Apr 2025
Price Realised USD 88,200
Closed: 17 Apr 2025
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IRVING PENN (1917–2009)
Woman in Moroccan Palace (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Marrakech, 1951
selenium toned gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed 1992
signed, titled, dated [with print date] and numbered '16641' with stamped photographer's copyright credit, Condé Nast Publications reproduction limitation and edition information in ink (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 1538 x 1514 in. (39.1 x 38.7 cm.)
mount: 1878 x 1878 in. (47.9 x 47.9 cm.)
This work is from an edition of forty.
Provenance
Private Collection, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Vogue, January 1952, pp. 132–133.
Irving Penn, Moments Preserved, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1960, p. 67.
Merry A. Foresta and William F. Stapp, Irving Penn: Master Images, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1990, cover and p. 42.
Irving Penn, Passage: A Work Record, Alfred A.Knopf/ Callaway, New York, 1991, p. 102.
Exhibition catalogue, Irving Penn, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Fribourg, 1994, p. 53.
Colin Westerbeck, Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, Art Institute of Chicago, 1997, pl. 24, p. 73.
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