Lot #2611: IRVING PENN - Picasso at La Californie, Cannes, France (A) - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009).
Title: "Picasso at La Californie, Cannes, France (A)".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1957. Printed 1960.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/8 x 9 11/16 in. (257 x 246 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): The virtually identical Penn image of Picasso, with his mouth exposed, is often cataloged as "Picasso…(B)" to distinguish it from the image with his mouth covered, "Picasso…(A)." Image copyright © Conde Nast Publications, New York. [29640-2-700]