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Selected Works1790

Museum Acquisitions

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Previous Sales 467

Bonhams
Irving Penn (1917-2009); Cuzco Children;
Irving Penn (1917-2009); Cuzco Children;
$60,000
Mar 2026
Sotheby's
Nude 115
Nude 115, 1949
€15,000 ($21k USD)
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
'Mermaid Dress (Rochas), Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn'
'Mermaid Dress (Rochas), Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn', 1950
$50,000
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Rock Groups, San Francisco (Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Grateful Dead)
Rock Groups, San Francisco (Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Grateful Dead), 1967
$22,000
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Dorian Leigh and Ray Bolger, Vogue Cover
Dorian Leigh and Ray Bolger, Vogue Cover, 1946
Bought In
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
'Two Guedras,' Morocco
'Two Guedras,' Morocco, 1971
$32,000
Apr 2025
Sotheby's
'Nude 18'
'Nude 18', 1949
$11,000
Apr 2025
Sotheby's
Cretan Landscape
Cretan Landscape, 1964
Bought In
Oct 2024
Sotheby's
New York Cartoonists
New York Cartoonists, 1947
$3,200
Apr 2024
Sotheby's
'Turning Head (B), New York'
'Turning Head (B), New York', 1993
Bought In
Apr 2024
Christie's
Girl Behind Bottle Jean Patchett, New York, 1949
Girl Behind Bottle Jean Patchett, New York, 1949
$100,800
Feb 2024
Christie's
Girl in bed on Telephone (Jean Patchett), New York, April 2,1949
Girl in bed on Telephone (Jean Patchett), New York, April 2,1949
$60,480
Feb 2024
Christie's
Vogue' Fashion photograph ( Café in Lima, Jean Patchett), 1948
Vogue' Fashion photograph ( Café in Lima, Jean Patchett), 1948
$56,700
Feb 2024
Christie's
Optician's Shop Window (Version B), New York, 1939
Optician's Shop Window (Version B), New York, 1939
$17,640
Feb 2024
Christie's
Dahomey Children, 1967
Dahomey Children, 1967
$13,860
Feb 2024
Christie's
Black and White Vogue Cover (B) (Jean Patchett) New York, 1950
Black and White Vogue Cover (B) (Jean Patchett) New York, 1950
$126,000
Feb 2024
Sotheby's
'Wide Skull (A) (New York, 1993)'
'Wide Skull (A) (New York, 1993)'
$7,000
Oct 2023
Sotheby's
'Truman Capote, New York'
'Truman Capote, New York'
$10,795
May 2023
Sotheby's
'Woman in a Burlap Sack, New York'
'Woman in a Burlap Sack, New York'
$60,960
May 2023
Sotheby's
‘Harlequin Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)'
‘Harlequin Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)'
$200,000
Apr 2023
Christie's
12 Hands of Miles Davis and His Trumpet, New York, July 1, 1986
12 Hands of Miles Davis and His Trumpet, New York, July 1, 1986
$195,300
Nov 2022
Sotheby's
Steinberg in Nose Mask
Steinberg in Nose Mask
£17,000 ($28k USD)
May 2022
Sotheby's
Nude 151
Nude 151
£8,500 ($14k USD)
May 2022
Christie's
Iceland Poppy/Papaver nudicaule, New York, 2006
Iceland Poppy/Papaver nudicaule, New York, 2006
$27,500
Oct 2021
Sotheby's
'Young Orangutan and Coconut (New York, Oct 12, 2004)'
'Young Orangutan and Coconut (New York, Oct 12, 2004)'
$42,000
Oct 2021

For Sale 17

Hamiltons Gallery · Artsy
Small Cuttings of Bananas, New York
Small Cuttings of Bananas, New York , 2008
Price on request
Pigment print mounted to board, printed in 2008
Robert Klein Gallery · Artsy
Woman with Cheek Jewelry
Woman with Cheek Jewelry, 1949
US$5,000–US$7,500
Vintage gelatin silver print
Hamiltons Gallery · Artsy
Black Rhino, Prague
Black Rhino, Prague, 1986
Price on request
Vintage gelatin silver print toned in selenium
Staley-Wise Gallery · Artsy
Mermaid Dress: Lisa Fonssagrives in Rochas
Mermaid Dress: Lisa Fonssagrives in Rochas, 1950
Price on request
Platinum Palladium Print
Atlas Gallery · Artsy
Woman with sun block, New York
Woman with sun block, New York, 1966
Price on request
Dye Transfer print
Hamiltons Gallery · Artsy
Cigarette No. 11, New York
Cigarette No. 11, New York, 1972
Price on request
Platinum palladium print flush mounted to aluminium
Cerbera Gallery · 1stDibs
Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn) (~67% OFF - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Untitled (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn) (~67% OFF - LIMITED TIME ONLY), 1949
$4,900
Glossy, fibre based paper
Robert Funk Fine Art · 1stDibs
Still life with Watermelon, NY
Still life with Watermelon, NY
$185,000
Weston Gallery · 1stDibs
Two Men in White Masks, Cuzco
Two Men in White Masks, Cuzco
$12,500
Robert Funk Fine Art · 1stDibs
Nude No. 57, 1949–1950
Nude No. 57, 1949–1950
$41,600
Robert Funk Fine Art · 1stDibs
Still life with Watermelon, NY
Still life with Watermelon, NY
$175,000
Weston Gallery · 1stDibs
Still Life with Mouse, New York
Still Life with Mouse, New York
$32,000
CLAMP · 1stDibs
Pagoda
Pagoda
$22,000
CLAMP · 1stDibs
New York Still Life
New York Still Life
$61,000
CLAMP · 1stDibs
Mermaid Dress (Rochas) [Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn], Paris
Mermaid Dress (Rochas) [Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn], Paris
For sale
CLAMP · 1stDibs
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
For sale
Staley-Wise Gallery · 1stDibs
Dior Kerchief and Glove, Paris
Dior Kerchief and Glove, Paris
For sale
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Market2,632 auction results

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$1.4K – $344K
262 of 312 photographs lots with prices
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$46.3K
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$20.3K
262 priced photographs lots
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Apr 2026 · $216K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
categoryMarket by Object Type
Photographs: $20.3K medianSculpture/objects: $23.8K medianWorks on paper: $24.2K medianUnclassified lots: $45.1K medianEditioned photos: $27.9K medianEditioned objects: $7.8K medianPosters/ephemera: $68.5K medianDecorative/non-core: — median
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Prizes & Awards1

Hasselblad Award
Winner 1985
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Education1

Alberta University of the Arts
Calgary, AB, Canada
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Publications7

Monograph 2

Bacon and Sutherland Author
Yale University Press · 2005
Irving Penn photographs of Dahomey (1967) Author
Hatje Cantz · 2004

Exhibition Catalog 4

Vogue 100: Hundert Jahre BritChic
Hatje Cantz · 2016
Conmigo, yo mismo, yo: Retratos fotográficos de Picasso
Hatje Cantz · 2011
Ichundichundich: Picasso im Fotoporträt
Hatje Cantz · 2011
MeMyselfAndI: Photo Portraits of Picasso
Hatje Cantz · 2011

Survey 1

The Rose Book
Phaidon Press · 2024
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Current Exhibitions1

#208 Fahey/Klein Gallery

Double Take: Photographs in Pairs

Julie Blackmon, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Walker Evans, Yves Klein, Bruce Weber, André Kertész, Steve Schapiro, Ruven Afanador, Patrick Demarchelier, Mary Ellen Mark, Sheila Metzner, Mark Seliger, Miles Aldridge, Peter Lindbergh, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Teun Hocks, Duane Michals, Arthur Elgort, Janette Beckman, Albert Watson, Melvin Sokolsky, Herbert List, John Dominis, Lauren Greenfield, Dan Winters, Harry Bowers, Flor Garduño, Erik Madigan Heck, Frank W. Ockenfels III, Tom Bianchi, Sanford Roth, Harry Shunk, János Kender, Alex Stoddard, Todd Weaver, Nik Wheeler

148 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

Jun 11, 2026 — Jul 18, 2026

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Past Exhibitions24

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#74 Fraenkel Gallery

Whipped Cream & Other Delights (Fraenkel at Ortuzar)

Nan Goldin, Diane Arbus, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Irving Penn, Eadweard Muybridge, Peter Hujar, Robert Adams (b.1937), Lee Friedlander, Carrie Mae Weems, Wardell Milan, Loewy et Puiseux, Richard T. Walker, Martine Gutierrez

49 Geary St #450, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA

May 8, 2026 — May 21, 2026

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#2,606 ATLAS Gallery

Legacy of Light: 200 Years of Photography

Paul Strand, Irving Penn, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bill Brandt, Elliott Erwitt, Mario Giacomelli, Dorothea Lange, Daido Moriyama, Steve Schapiro, Harry Benson, Margaret Bourke-White, Patrick Demarchelier, William Klein, Saul Leiter, Marc Riboud, W. Eugene Smith, Yamamoto Masao, Alexander Rodchenko, Andreas Feininger, Franco Fontana, Horst P. Horst, Tina Modotti, Jeanloup Sieff, Willy Ronis, Steve McCurry, Barry Lategan, Eve Arnold, Thomas Hoepker, Joe Rosenthal, John Dominis, David Bailey, Herbert George Ponting, Leni Riefenstahl, Alberto Korda, Lewis Morley, Rudolf Koppitz, Jürgen Schadeberg, Terence Donovan, Iain Macmillan, Cornell Capa, George Hoyningen-Huene, Harold Edgerton

49 Dorset St, London W1U 7NF, United Kingdom

Mar 27, 2026 — May 30, 2026

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#1 Gagosian

Irving Penn, Gstaad

Irving Penn

Gstaad-Saanen Airport, Oeystrasse 29, 3792 Saanen, Switzerland

Feb 14, 2026 — Apr 6, 2026

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#4 Pace

Irving Penn: Kinship

Irving Penn

Nov 15, 2024 — Feb 13, 2025

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#10 Thaddaeus Ropac

Irving Penn Edge of Beauty

Irving Penn

7 Rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris, France

Jun 22, 2024 — Sep 20, 2024

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#10 Thaddaeus Ropac

Irving Penn The Bath

Irving Penn

Mirabellplatz 2, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Jan 27, 2024 — Mar 13, 2024

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California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Irving Penn

Irving Penn

100 34th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA

Jan 1, 2024

Irving Penn Mar 16 – Jul 21, 2024 de Young Exhibition

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#4,656 Corkin Gallery

Irving Penn Small Trades, 1960s San Francisco, Fashion

Irving Penn

7 Tank House Lane, Toronto, ON M5A 3C4, Canada

Nov 24, 2021 — Feb 22, 2022

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#53 Cardi Gallery

Irving Penn

Irving Penn

Sep 9, 2021 — Dec 8, 2021

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#4 Pace

Photographism

Irving Penn

Jan 8, 2021 — Feb 13, 2021

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#10 Thaddaeus Ropac

Irving Penn Still Life

Irving Penn

Mirabellplatz 2, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

Jun 8, 2019 — Jul 16, 2019

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#697 Hamiltons

Irving Penn: Paintings

Irving Penn

13 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2EU, United Kingdom

Nov 28, 2018 — Jan 26, 2019

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#208 Fahey/Klein Gallery

Irving Penn Worlds in a Small Room, Seen and Unseen

Irving Penn

148 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

Aug 30, 2018 — Oct 6, 2018

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#10 Thaddaeus Ropac

Irving Penn The Flavour of France

Irving Penn

7 Rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris, France

Oct 19, 2017 — Jan 6, 2018

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty

Irving Penn

G Street Northwest &, 8th St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA

Jan 1, 2015

Irving Penn — 2015

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#697 Hamiltons

Irving Penn: Cranium Architecture

Irving Penn

13 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2EU, United Kingdom

Jun 19, 2013 — Sep 17, 2013

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#697 Hamiltons

Irving Penn: Cigarettes

Irving Penn

13 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2EU, United Kingdom

Jun 21, 2012 — Aug 14, 2012

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#697 Hamiltons

Irving Penn: Small Trades

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13 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2EU, United Kingdom

Mar 5, 2010 — Apr 24, 2010

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#697 Hamiltons

Irving Penn: Food

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13 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2EU, United Kingdom

Nov 27, 2008 — Jan 17, 2009

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#697 Hamiltons

Irving Penn: Flower Power

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13 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2EU, United Kingdom

Nov 22, 2007 — Jan 1, 2008

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#697 Hamiltons

Irving Penn: Now and Then

Irving Penn

13 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2EU, United Kingdom

Sep 14, 2006 — Oct 21, 2006

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#208 Fahey/Klein Gallery

Irving Penn Ethnographic

148 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

Dec 8, 2005 — Jan 21, 2006

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#208 Fahey/Klein Gallery

Irving Penn New and Unseen

Irving Penn

148 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

Dec 2, 1999 — Jan 8, 2000

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Akron Art Museum

The Art of Movement: Dance Photographs from the Carol Halsted Collection

Margaret Bourke-White, Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Annie Leibovitz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Barbara Morgan, Lotte Jacobi, Philip Trager, Lois Greenfield

1 S High St, Akron, OH 44308, USA

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Art Fair Appearances19

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Art Basel — Basel
2025
Paris Photo — Paris
2025
Paris Photo — Paris
2024
Paris Photo — Paris
2022
The Armory Show — New York
2022
Art Basel — Basel
2021
Paris Photo — Paris
2021
Photo London — London
2021
The Armory Show — New York
2021
Art Basel — Basel
2019
Paris Photo — Paris
2019
artmonte-carlo — Monaco
2018
Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2018
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2017
Paris Photo — Paris
2017
Paris Photo — Paris
2016
Photo London — London
2016
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2014
The Armory Show — New York
2014
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Recent Activity20

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The Art of Movement: Dance Photographs from the Carol Halsted Collection
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Der Benommenheit entkommen / Snap out of numbness
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Double Take: Photographs in Pairs
Jun 11, 2026
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May 28, 2026
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May 22, 2026
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May 18, 2026
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May 8, 2026
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May 8, 2026
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Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
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Mar 31, 2026
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Mar 27, 2026
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Mar 20, 2026
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catherine pegard named french culture minister frieze los angeles clocks enthusiastic sales morning links for february 27 2026
Feb 27, 2026
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Irving Penn, Gstaad
Feb 14, 2026
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Feb 4, 2026
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