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Irving Penn — Four Guedras, Morocco
Irving Penn

Four Guedras, Morocco

1985

This striking photograph by Irving Penn captures four Guedra performers from Morocco, showcasing Penn's masterful ability to blend ethnographic documentation with high artistic sensibility. The image reflects Penn's celebrated cross-cultural portraiture work, in which he brought the same meticulous compositional precision to indigenous and traditional subjects as he did to his iconic fashion and celebrity photography. As part of a numbered edition of 18, this aluminum flush-mounted print represents the intersection of fine art and documentary traditions that defined Penn's distinguished career.

Medium
Signed, initialed, titled, dated, numbered 18/18, annotated in pencil, credit, copyright credit (courtesy Vogue) Condé Nast reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the reverse of the aluminum flush-mount.

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Irving Penn, Four Guedras, Morocco, 1985

This striking photograph by Irving Penn captures four Guedra performers from Morocco, showcasing Penn's masterful ability to blend ethnographic documentation with high artistic sensibility. The image reflects Penn's celebrated cross-cultural portraiture work, in which he brought the same meticulous compositional precision to indigenous and traditional subjects as he did to his iconic fashion and celebrity photography. As part of a numbered edition of 18, this aluminum flush-mounted print represents the intersection of fine art and documentary traditions that defined Penn's distinguished career.

Medium
Signed, initialed, titled, dated, numbered 18/18, annotated in pencil, credit, copyright credit (courtesy Vogue) Condé Nast reproduction limitation and edition stamps on the reverse of the aluminum flush-mount.
Year
1985
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Figurative Photography, Vogue Magazine, Documentary Photography, Black and White Photography, American Photographer, Moroccan Culture, Limited Edition, Silver Gelatin Print, Ethnographic Subject, Portrait Photography, Master Photographer

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