Irving Penn (1917 - 2009), Ballet Theatre, New York, Novembe...

Estimate

£10,000 - £15,000

Irving Penn (1917 - 2009),
Ballet Theatre, New York, November 21, 1974.

Gelatin silver print.
20 x 25.1 cm (7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Signed, titled, dated and annotated ‘Photographed in New York Nov. 21, 1974, print made near to date of photograph’ and ‘maximum of signed silver prints: 60’ in pencil with Penn Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp on the verso.

Provenance
Private Collection, USA
 
Literature

• I. Penn: Passage: A Work Record, New York: Knopf, 1991, p. 36


• Penn: Moments Preserved, Simon and Schuster, p. 146


• J. Szarkowski: Irving Penn, Boston: Little, Brown, pl.15


• Irving Penn: A Career in Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago p. 177 Vogue, June 1948, n.p.