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Background information
The first major retrospective of the work of Irving PENN in more than twenty years opened at The Museum of Modern Art on September 13, 1984. An exhibition about Irving PENN's long career, spanning the past four decades, and features his work in portraiture, fashion, advertising, the nude, ethnographic subjects and still life, as well as a selection of Penn's early, unpublished photographs. Irving PENN has long been recognized as one of the world's most distinguished practitioners of editorial, advertising and fashion photography. Since his photographs first began to appear regularly in Vogue magazine in the 1940s, his work has been characterized by a technical elegance, a demanding standard of style, and a sensitivity to the quality of light that have influenced a generation of photographers.
Content
This catalogue - here as brochure - was published for the exhibition, which consisted of approximately 200 color and b/w photographs, organized by John Szarkowski.
Additional information
This copy has unfortunately an owner's inscription on the first page.
About the photographer, Irving PENN
Photo books by and with works of Irving PENN