Irving Penn

25 November 2009 - 10 October 2010

Irving Penn Three Steel Blocks, New York. 1980. Platinum/palladium print 13 1/4 x 20 11/16" (33.6 x 52.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Lily Auchincloss. Copyright by The Irving Penn Foundation

IRVING PENN
1917–2009

November 25, 2009–Ongoing

Museum Lobby
Irving Penn’s unbroken stream of creative invention spanned seven decades and established an indelible standard of clarity, grace, wit, and elegance. The Museum of Modern Art has collected and exhibited his photographs since 1943, and in 1984 we were proud to present a retrospective organized by his friend John Szarkowski, then head of MoMA’s Department of Photography. A selection of Penn’s outstanding photographs from the Museum’s collection is presented as a tribute to this remarkable artist.

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