Irving Penn: A Notebook at Random

Penn, Irving

ISBN 10: 0821261924 / ISBN 13: 9780821261927

Published by Bulfinch, New York, 2004

About this Item

SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine/As New dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Included here are some of Penn's signature images, along with the rough sketches and line drawings that provide a window into ideas and images in the making. Many of the photographs are alternate poses or torn test fragments, pages from his personal 'notebook'; some are newer-found discoveries. Some of the most striking pages in this 'notebook' reproduce Penn's painted photographs and mixed-media works. With brief text excerpts and notations from Penn throughout. Photographs by Irving Penn. SIGNED BY PENN on the half-title and inscribed. 128 pages; 56 color and 81 tri-toned b&w plates; 9.5 x 13 inches. Seller Inventory # 17736

Bibliographic Details

Title: Irving Penn: A Notebook at Random

Publisher: Bulfinch, New York

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

From his very first photograph, made on assignment for Vogue in 1943, to startlingly fresh images that he continues to make for that magazine today at age 87, Irving Penn again and again shows an uncanny ability to surprise the world with his art. Far from a typical career retrospective, A NOTEBOOK AT RANDOM is a revelation. Included here are some of Penn's signature images, along with the rough sketches and line drawings that provide a window into ideas and images in the making. The book is populated with artists, writers, and models whose lives intersected with Penn's: Picasso looks out at us with that timeless intensity that characterizes an Irving Penn portrait. Many of the photographs are alternate poses or torn test fragments, pages from his personal 'notebook'; some are newer-found discoveries, including a previously unpublished portrait of Truman Capote. Some of the most striking pages in this 'notebook' reproduce Penn's painted photographs and mixed-media works, images so layered and exquisitely constructed that they resemble Cubist assemblages. With brief text excerpts and notations from Penn throughout, this is the most intimate and arresting book yet from one of the most admired artists of our time.

Book Description:

This intimate new book presents Irving Penn's personal selections from a lifetime of photography and reveals the depth of his work in painting, drawing, and graphic media.