Irving Penn A Career in Photography

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Artist/Maker	The Art Institute of Chicago (published by)
Place of origin	USA (made)

This poster reproduces Irving Penn's 1950 photograph of Lisa Fonssagrives (also known as Mrs Irving Penn), the first great supermodel, wearing a harlequin-pattern dress. The poster was produced for the exhibition 'Irving Penn A Life in Photography', held at the Art Institute of Chicago, 22 November 1997 to 1 Feburary 1998.

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Categories	Prints Photographs Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Irving Penn A Career in Photography (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Offset lithography printed in red and black
Brief description	Poster for the exhibition ' Irving Penn A Career in Photography' held at the Art Institute of Chicago 22. Nov. 97- 1 Feb. 1998. Reproducing a photograph by Penn.
Physical description	Poster reproducing Irving Penn's photograph of a Harlequin Dress
Dimensions	Height: 83.8cm Width: 61cm
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered with details of copyright, production etc
Credit line	Given by Mark Haworth-Booth
Production	Poster for the exhibition of Irving Penn held at the Art Institute of Chicago 22 November 1997- 1 February 1998
Subjects depicted	Fashion Fonssagrives, Lisa Exhibition Irving Penn Chicago Art Institute 1998
Summary	This poster reproduces Irving Penn's 1950 photograph of Lisa Fonssagrives (also known as Mrs Irving Penn), the first great supermodel, wearing a harlequin-pattern dress. The poster was produced for the exhibition 'Irving Penn A Life in Photography', held at the Art Institute of Chicago, 22 November 1997 to 1 Feburary 1998.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.509-1998

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Record created	October 2, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O117419/irving-penn-a-career-in-poster-the-art-institute/

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