The Chicken Hat
Photograph
about 1948 (Photographed)
about 1948 (Photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Irving Penn joined American Vogue in 1943. He worked originally as a designer, but rapidly became one of the magazine’s most significant fashion photographers. Setting glamorous models in unexpected contexts, he evolved a style that was elegant yet informal, with simple lighting and minimal studio setting. The platinum-palladium print technique, perfected by Penn after years of meticulous experimentation, gives an unparalleled range of tone and texture to his images.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Chicken Hat (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Platinum-palladium print |
| Brief description | 'The Chicken Hat', 1948 by Irving Penn (born Plainfield, NJ, 1917) |
| Physical description | Fahion photograph of a woman wearing a black hat with a chicken on it. |
| Gallery label | Irving Penn joined American Vogue in 1943. He worked originally as a designer, but rapidly became one of the magazine’s most significant fashion photographers. Setting glamorous models in unexpected contexts, he evolved a style that was elegant yet informal, with simple lighting and minimal studio setting. The platinum-palladium print technique, perfected by Penn after years of meticulous experimentation, gives an unparalleled range of tone and texture to his images.(20/02/2006) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist 1987 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Irving Penn joined American Vogue in 1943. He worked originally as a designer, but rapidly became one of the magazine’s most significant fashion photographers. Setting glamorous models in unexpected contexts, he evolved a style that was elegant yet informal, with simple lighting and minimal studio setting. The platinum-palladium print technique, perfected by Penn after years of meticulous experimentation, gives an unparalleled range of tone and texture to his images. |
| Bibliographic reference | Making & unmaking. Olowu, Duro. London : Ridinghouse : Camden Arts Centre, 2016.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Camden Arts Centre, London, 19 June - 18 September 2016.
Includes interview of Duro Olowu by Glenn Ligon. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.927-1987 |
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| Record created | November 29, 2005 |
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