Lot #2531: IRVING PENN - Audrey Hepburn, Paris - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Irving Penn (American, 1917-2009).
Title: "Audrey Hepburn, Paris".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1951. Printed 1960.
Dimensions: Overall size: 5 x 4 3/4 in. (127 x 121 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): For Vogue. Very rare. According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” the auction record for a silver print of this image is $68,923 (£48,050) realized at Phillips, London, 5/20/2010, lot #32. Image copyright © Condé Nast, New York. [29711-1-150]