Irving Penn’s Gloriously Strange Images (Photos)
A look at the first major retrospective after the photo great’s death, now showing at the Dallas Museum of Art.
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Irving Penn, Bee
New York, 1995, printed 2001. Chromogenic print. Overall: 21 1/2 x 24 in. (54.6 x 61.0 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Irving Penn, Issey Miyake Fashion: White and Black
New York, 1990, printed 1992. Gelatin silver print. Overall: 15 x 14 3/4 in. (38.1 x 37.47 cm)
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Irving Penn, Ball Dress by Olivier Theyskens for Nina Ricci
New York, 2007. Silver print. Overall: 19 x 19 in. (48.3 x 48.3 cm)
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Irving Penn, Mouth (for L’Oréal)
New York, 1986, printed 1992. Dye transfer print. Overall: 18 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. (47.0 x 46.4 cm)
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Irving Penn, Woman in Moroccan Palace (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)
Marrakech, 1951, printed 1969. Platinum-palladium/platinum-iridium print. Overall: 19 5/8 x 19 1/2 in. (49.9 x 49.7 cm)
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Irving Penn, Nude No. 58
New York, about 1949–1950, printed 1976 Platinum-palladium print Overall: 18 3/4 x 18 in. (47.6 x 45.7 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist.
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Irving Penn, Bedside Lamp
New York, 2006 Inkjet print Overall: 29 x 22 1/2 in. (73.7 x 57.2 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation.
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Irving Penn, Leontyne Price
New York, 1961 Gelatin silver print Overall: 15 5/8 x 15 5/8 in. (39.7 x 39.7 cm)
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Irving Penn, Young Boy, Pause Pause
American South, 1941, printed 2001 Gelatin silver print Overall: 11 x 10 1/2 in. (27.94 x 26.67 cm)
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