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THBIrving Penn (1917-2009)<BR>COCOA DRESS (BALENCIAGA), LISA FONSSAGRIVES-PENN, PARIS<BR>Platinum-palla
Lot 479
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Irving Penn (1917-2009)
COCOA DRESS (BALENCIAGA), LISA FONSSAGRIVES-PENN, PARIS
Platinum-palladium print depicting the fashion model Lisa Fonssagrives wearing a Balenciaga cocoa dress, flush mounted to aluminium, signed, titled, dated and numbered 12 of an edition of 50 in pencil to the reverse, dated 1950 and printed in 1970
49.5 x 49.2cm
Provenance: Sotheby's New York, lot 211, 30 September 2014;
with Hamilton Gallery.
Following the Second World War, developments in commercial printing enabled fashion publications to replace illustrations with photographs, resulting in a demand for beautiful, photogenic women to represent the fashion houses.
By the end of the 1940s, Lisa Fonssagrives, a Swedish-born model based in New York, was one of the most coveted models in the industry, displaying an aristocratic elegance favoured by both designers and photographers. Her subsequent marriage to Irving Penn, one of the most popular photographers at the time, led to some of the most iconic - Shipping Info
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