IRVING PENN (American, 1917-2009). Still Life with Watermelon, New York, 1947. Dye-transfer. 23-7/8 x 19-3/4 inches (60....

Description

IRVING PENN (American, 1917-2009)
Still Life with Watermelon, New York, 1947
Dye-transfer
23-7/8 x 19-3/4 inches (60.6 x 50.2 cm)
Signed in ink with Penn/Condé Nast copyright stamp mount verso.


LITERATURE:
I. Penn, Moments Preserved, New York, 1960, p. 117;
J. Szarkowski, Irving Penn, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984, pl. 63;
I. Penn, Passage: A Work Record, New York, 1991, p. 41;
I. Penn, Still Life, New York, 2001, unpaginated (another example illustrated, all of the above).

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