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Irving Penn : beyond beauty / Merry A. Foresta

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Foresta, Merry A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; in association with the Irving Penn Foundation , 2015Description: 239 p. : illus. ; 28 cmISBN:

9780300214901

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DDC classification:

770 PEN

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Summary: Famous for his fashion portraits and experimentation with still life images, Irving Penn ranks as one of the foremost photographers of the 20th century. In an illustrious career that spanned nearly 70 years, Penn was a master of both black-and-white and color photography, and his revival of platinum printing in the 1960s and 1970s was a catalyst for significant change in the art world.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	770 PEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		025922

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Exhibition held at Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, District of Columbia, October 23, 2015-March 20, 2016; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, April 15-August 14, 2016; Art Center, Lesley University, Boston, Massachusetts, September 10-December 16, 2016; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, February 24-May 21, 2017; and Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, September 30, 2017-January 7, 2018.

Introduction / Elizabeth Broun Supporters of the exhibition Acknowledgments / Merry A. Foresta Irving Penn, beyond beauty / Merry A. Foresta Plates Works in the collection

Famous for his fashion portraits and experimentation with still life images, Irving Penn ranks as one of the foremost photographers of the 20th century. In an illustrious career that spanned nearly 70 years, Penn was a master of both black-and-white and color photography, and his revival of platinum printing in the 1960s and 1970s was a catalyst for significant change in the art world.

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