265. Irving Penn United States 1917-2009 "Motorcycle policeman, New York, 1951".
Signed Irving Penn and numbered 4/23 on verso. Printed in July 1976. With stamp "Handcoated by the photographer" on verso. Platinum-palladium, image 48.5 x 36 cm. Sheet 57 x 51 cm.
- Department: Photographs
- Auction: 18 May 2011, lot 265
- Viewing: 13 – 17 May 2011
Provenance
Camera Obscura, Stockholm.
Private collection.
Literature
Irving Penn, "Moments preserved : eight essays in photographs and words", 1960, reproduced fullpage page 178.
Irving Penn, "Passage: A work record", 1991, reproduced fullpage page 117.
Virginia A. Heckert and Anne Lacoste, "Irving Penn Small Trades", J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009, reproduced fullpage plate 87.
Ingår i serien "The Small Trades", de sk arbetarporträtten Irving Penn tog med början 1950 i London, Paris och New York. År 2008 förvärvade The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 252 bilder i denna serie. Sviten visades för första gången i sin helhet på utställningen "The Small Trades" på Getty Center september 2009- januari 2010.