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Price: US$19.89 + shipping
Description: 207 S. mit sehr vielen meist farbigen Abbildungen, Orig.-Pappband mit Orig.-Umschlag. Erste deutsche Ausgabe.- Fotos von Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Duane Michals und anderen.- Schönes Exemplar.
Seller: Dieter Eckert, Bremen, Germany
Penn, Irving and John Szarkowski. Irving Penn. NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Softcover, 216 pages, good condition ex-museum library copy with sticker taped around bottom of spine; library stamp to first page; light rubbing and edgewear to covers. Foreign shipping may be extra
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Penn, Irving and John Szarkowski. Irving Penn. The Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Softcover, 216 pages, good condition, covers yellowed with small stain to lower right corner; light spotting to outer page edges; owners name on inside front cover; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[PENN]. SZARKOWSKI, John.. Irving Penn.. Museum of Modern Art, [1984]., New York:, 1984.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Folio. 216 pp. 21 colour plates, 135 blk & wht photo plates, numerous text illusts. Illust. softcvrs, w/ photo on frnt cvr, NF copy, from collection of Dr. Rochelle Martin. First Softcover edition of this wonderfully illustrated work chronicling the first comprehensive retrospective exhibition of the Photographer's work.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 4to. 216 pp. Mostly illustrations, plates. "Published in conjunction with he first comprehensive retrospective of Penn's work . identified by its great refinement of craft, by the wit and grace of its formal invention, and by its unequaled sensitivity to the quality and character of light." Very good. Cream cloth, illustrated dust jacket (darkened around top edge). (#7663).
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oversized hardback book (216 pages)with 156 plates of which 21 are in color with 35 reference illustrations (7 in color). Dust jacket shows moderate rubbing/scuffing - lower right tips of some pages with light crease. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CHARGE. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-2-Middle) rareviewbooks
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
John Szarkowski. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art 1984-11-19, 1984.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 0870705628
Seller: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Small Folio. 216pp. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket over cream cloth with gray lettering on cover and spine. Gray endpapers. Six frontispiece photographs. This remarkable work, published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, is the first comprehensive retrospective of Penn's work. It is magnificently illustrated with 156 photographic plates (including 21 in color), and 35 reference illustrations (of which 7 are in color). Dust-jacket lightly sunned along edges. Binding lightly rubbed. Dust-jacket and binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
SZARKOWSKI, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated with 156 plates, including 21 in color, plus 35 additional reference images. 216 pages. Square 4to, natural cloth, dust wrapper. New York: MOMA, (1984). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, somewhat yellowed and a bit scuffed. Survey of the career and work of the Vogue photographer.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Brand: Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$69.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slightly Used Copy
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. IRVING PENN. , 1984.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: NY 1984 first edition Museum of Modern Art. Hardcover. Large square 4to., 216pp., 156 photo plates, 21 in color, 35 reference illustrations of which 7 are in color. Very FINE in Near Fine DJ, faint amount of yellowing along one edge of dj. Pictures available on request. Impressive book!
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket, 216 pages, very good condition except dj is yellowed around spine and has small tears and abrasion to bottom of spine; crease to first blank page; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Photography - Penn, Irving (John Szarkowski). Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. Text by John Szarkowski. Still one of the great monographs on Penn's artistic output. 216 pp. 156 plates of which 21 are in color. A handsome fine copy in oatmeal cloth binding in near fine clipped dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume - additional shipping charges may apply.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. New York, New York, : Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: as pictured First edition Very good condition hard cover nice dust jacket , no nicks or tears, but a bityellowed gently read clean pages
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
SZARKOWSKI, John.. Irving Penn.. Museum of Modern Art,, NY:, 1984.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 156 plates, including 21 in color. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 216 pages
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
John Szarkowski. Irving Penn. Museum Of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. 216pp 156 plates. (21 in color) with 35 reference illustrations (7 in color) A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a mylar protective wrapper.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. The Museum Of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Very large book pub. for a large retrospective of the photographs of Irving Penn that was held at The Museum Of Modern Art. Over 200 pgs. with 156 finely printed b&w examples of his work + 21 in color and 35 in text repros. Loaded with examples of his portrait and fashion work + esssay. Soft corner crease to the top corners of the front cover, which has resulted in a few teeny tiny dents to some of the corners of the first few pgs., but this is really very minute and minor. Slight discoloration to the white covers. Vg+. A very large and somewhat unwieldy book.
Seller: Ira Joel Haber - Cinemage Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John:. Irving Penn.. New York, The Museum of Modern Art,, 1984.
Price: US$77.34 + shipping
Description: 216 S. Enthält 156 Tafeln mit 21 in Farbe. Immer noch eines der besseren Bücher über Penn, einen der Meister der Modefotografie. Gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2100 31,5 x 27,5 cm. Grobes Orig.-Leinen mit fotoillustriertem Orig.-Umschlag.
Seller: Antiquariat Langguth - lesenhilft, Köln, Germany
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Light wear and handling to dustjacket, with crease on inside fold of dust jacket. No marks, or rips or tears. Please note this is a large book and could incur supplementary shipping charges for any overseas delivery
Seller: PhotoTecture Books, London, United Kingdom
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Minor rubbing to dustjacket; Fine in Near Fine dustjacket ; B&W Photographs; 11x12.25"; 216 p.
Seller: Berkshire Books, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John.. Irving Penn.. Museum of Modern Art New York, New York, 1984.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in white canvas cloth, in a Fine glossy illustrated french-fold dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 216pp. Black and white photographs, with a few in color. Q19091
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Skarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art. First American edition, New York, 1984.
Price: US$100.77 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Exhibition catalogue of the photographer's first large scale retrospective at, where else, MOMA:150 plates, 23 colour. Fine in dustwrapper.
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
Szarkowski. Irving Penn. The Museum of Modern Art (New York Graphic SOCIETY), 1984.
Price: US$102.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: The book is sealed!!
Seller: bookseller e.g.Wolfgang Risch, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$102.86 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD.
Seller: Pieuler Store, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Brand: Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$103.31 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$104.96 + shipping
Description: 32 cm. 216 pages with photographs / illustrations (some colour). Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Sprache: english.
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 4to., cream cloth lettered in gilt; pictorial dust jacket. First edition, first printing. A gorgeous copy, lavishly illustrated.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
(Penn, Irving) Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 216 pp. Photographs throughout. 4to. White cloth boards with titles stamped on front and spine, fine, in pictorial dust jacket with some toning at top and bottom; else near fine 216 pp. Photographs throughout. 4to
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Penn, Irving / John Szarkowski. Irving Penn. The Museum of Modern Art, 1984, 1984.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition With 216 pages, 156 plates, 21 in color. Front cover photograph is vintage Penn "Ballet Society", photograph including George Balanchine and others, 1948. Fine and bright cloth boards in like glossy dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Penn being one of the more distinguished practitioners of portrait and fashion photography over decades. This book was the first comprehensive retrospective of Penn's work with an essay by noted photography historian, John Szarkowski. Beautifully laid out and designed with tall and dignified photographs to each page.
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
SZARKOWSKI, John & Irving Penn. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 216 pages. Still one of the better books on Penn, one of the masters of fashion photography. Text by noted curator John Szarkowski. Includes 156 plates with 21 in color and an additional 35 reference illustrations with 7 more in color. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A bright and fresh copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Brand: Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$143.58 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. IRVING PENN. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Large 4to. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at MOMA, this is the first comprehensive retrospective of Penn's work. The essay by Szarkowski follows a brilliant career, from its art-school beginnings to the provocative still lifes of recent years, photographs of cigarette butts and street detritus-works of eloquence and classical rectitude, made from the least consequential of subject matter. 216 pages, 156 plates (21 in color), with 35 reference illustrations (7 in color). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket
Seller: Ed Smith Books, ABAA, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.
SZARKOWSKI, John.. Irving Penn.. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, [1984]., 1984.
Price: US$170.84 + shipping
Description: 4to. pp. 216. 191 illus. (28 colour). cloth. dw.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
PENN, Irving, SZARKOWSKI, John. Irving Penn (MoMA). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$214.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Beige cloth-covered boards with title stamped in gray on cover and spine; with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Irving Penn. Text by John Szarkowski. Includes notes on the contributors. 216 pp., with 21 four-color plates, 135 black-and-white plates and 35 reference illustrations. 12-1/4 x 10-7/8 inches. Published on the occasion of a major retrospective exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket (moderate surface wear and toning to the extremities). Covers all aspects of Penn's career to date, with an illuminating text by John Szarkowski.
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Penn, Irving. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art , New York, 1984.
Price: US$249.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A fine copy in VG+ price clipped jacket. Signed and dated (N.Y. 1984) on title page with characteristic circle. Very nice!
Seller: Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn (Museum of Modern Art). Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$251.07 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn (Museum of Modern Art). Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$251.52 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn (Museum of Modern Art). Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$254.43 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. Text by John Szarkowski. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Description: 4to, cloth. 216 pp, 156 illustrations (21 in color) + 35 text figures (7 in color). Published in conjunction with an exhibition. Fine, no dust jacket. Signed and dated by Penn on the half-title page.
Seller: Joel Rudikoff Art Books, White Plains, NY, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. The Museum of Modern Art New York, New York, 1984.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: MOMA, 1984. Quarto. Hardcover with a dust jacket. First edition. Signed and dated by Penn on the title page. Also includes a TLS by Edward P. Gallagher, the director of membership for the MOMA. Cloth covered boards with mild soiling to the fore edge of the text block and trace foxing along the top edge. A few foxed spots to the boards. Text block clean and bright with no odor. Unclipped jacket has a touch of fading. Book and jacket are both in very good condition.
Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, wrappered issue. Large quarto. Fine in wrappers. Inscribed by Penn: To Frannie. Irving Penn NY, 1984."
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing in original $60.00-priced dust jacket SIGNED by Irving Penn with personalized inscription "For Bob Smith / with greetings", Bob Smith being a longtime professor/photographer at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California; the brown-stamped heavy oatmeal cloth boards lightly bumped at top corners, the jacket shows only slight shelf rub & quiet soil rear panel, the binding is tight & pages bright, an excellent signed First Edition of this legendary photography book (dj in mylar protector); folio; 216pp illus, 21 in color + 35 color and Black & white reference illustrations. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy oversize book (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for expedited or overseas shipment)
Seller: Nighttown Books, South Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Penn, Irving; Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn (SIGNED). Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$315.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on half title page by Irving Penn. 156 plates, including 21 in color, plus 35 color and black and white reference illustrations. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1984.; Pages are clean and crisp. Binding is solid, but with a split to gutter between front endpaper and pastedown. There is a faint hint of shelf wear to price clipped dustjacket with slight rubbing to rear, otherwise better than Very Good/Very Good. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Protected in a new Mylar cover. ; 4to; 216 pages; Signed by Artist
Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
SZARKOWSKI JOHN. IRVING PENN- Texte en anglais. THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART NEW YORK, 1984.
Price: US$336.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: R200052128: 1984. In-Folio. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 216 pages d'illustrations en couleurs et en noir et blanc avec légendes- 4 PHOTOS DISPONIBLES- TEXTE EN ANGLAIS. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 770-Photographie
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$340.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Irving Penn signed and dated (half title page not inscribed) large format hardcover in price clipped jacket showing the faintest of tone. First edition with no additional printings mentioned. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art (1984), New York, 1984.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 216p quarto, illustrated A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by Irving Penn on the half-title.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Szarkowski , John.. Irving Penn ( Signed ).. Museum of Modern Art, NY, 1984.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition , first printing , NY, 1984. A fine bright over sized book in the original binding. Clean with contents excellent. Contains a lovely selection of Penn's work and each more striking than the other. The dust jacket is near fine and bright as well. This copy has been SIGNED by Penn on the half title. Dated 1984.
Seller: Somewhere In Time Books, St. James, NY, U.S.A.
SZARKOWSKI, John. Irving Penn. The Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SZARKOWSKI, John [216] pp. The Museum of Modern Art 1984 12 1/4" x 10 7/8" Published in conjunction with an exhibition at MoMA, this survey is one of the best collections of Irving Penn's (1917-2009) work. Includes an overview of his career by John Szarkowski (1925-2007).Cloth-bound hardcover in a pictorial dust jacket. 216 pages; 156 photographic plates, 21 in color, with 35 text illustrations, 7 in color Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to inform the art of photography.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Description: Large hardcover in jacket,
Seller: Winged Monkey Books, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. IRVING PENN. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. This copy is signed by Penn on the half-title page, dated in the year of publication. Text by noted curator John Szarkowski. Includes 156 plates with 21 in color and an additional 35 reference illustrations with 7 more in color. Penn was one of the most distinguished pracitioners of portrait and fashion photography. His work is identified by its great refinement of craft, by the wit and grace of its formal invention and by its unequaled sensitivity of the quality and character of light. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket
Seller: Ed Smith Books, ABAA, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$452.44 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to. SIGNED and dated 1984 by Penn to half-title. Orig. cream cloth. 216 pp. One-hundred fifty-six photographs, some in colour. Some spots of foxing to cloth. Spine slightly tilted. Dust jacket sunned to extremities.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
SZARKOWSKI, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated with 156 plates, including 21 in color, plus 35 additional reference images. 216pp. Square 4to, natural cloth, d.w. New York: MOMA, (1984). First Edition. The front endpaper has a dull crease which has unfortunately left a faint impression on the signed half title, otherwise a very near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. Survey of the career and work of the Vogue photographer, signed and dated by Penn on half title, surrounded by a circle.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
(Penn, Irving). IRVING PENN by John Szarkowski. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: Large 4to. Inscribed by Irving Penn "For old friend Bob / with warmest / greetings" (signed) "P". Below the inscription Penn has drawn a circle which he signed in the middle. At the bottom of the circle he has written "NY 1984." From the library of his agent, Peter Shub, who had a long and distinguished career as a revered photo agent (Penn, Anthony Armstrong Jones, Peter Beard among others). This book was published with the exhibition at MOMA, and is the first comprehensive retrospective of Penn's work. 216 pages. 156 plates (21 in color). A near fine copy in a near fine jacket
Seller: Ed Smith Books, ABAA, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Large quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Penn to publisher Si Newhouse and his wife: "For Victoria and Si with affectionate greetings, I. / Irving Penn NY, 1984."
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
SZARKOWSKI, John. Irving Penn. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated with 156 plates, including 21 in color, plus 35 additional reference images. 216pp. Square 4to, natural cloth, d.w. New York: MOMA, (1984). First Edition. A fine copy in fine dust wrapper, as new. Survey of the career and work of the Vogue photographer, signed and dated on half title by both Penn & Szarkowski.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Szarkowski, John. IRVING PENN. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Large 4to. Inscribed by Irving Penn "For old friend Bob / with warmest / greetings" (signed) "P." Below the inscription Penn has drawn a circle which he signed in the middle, at the bottom of the circle he has written "N.Y. 1984." From the library of Peter Schub (1926-2021) who had a long and distinquished career as a revered photography agent. He negotiated for some of the most prominent photographers of the 20th century including Penn, Peter Beard, and Anthony Armstrong Jones. Published in conjuction with an exhibition at MOMA, this is the first comprehensive retrospective of Penn's work. The essay by Szarkowski follows a brilliant career, from its art-school beginnings to the provocative still lifes of recent years, photographs of cigarette butts and street detritus-works of eloquence and classical rectitude, made from the least consequential of subject matter. 216 pages, 156 plates (21 in color) with 35 reference illustrations (7 in color). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket
Seller: Ed Smith Books, ABAA, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.
Irving Penn" 1984 SZARKOWSKI, John (CO-SIGNED). Irving Penn. The Museum of Modern Art, 1984.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Co-Signed SZARKOWSKI, John [216] pp. The Museum of Modern Art 1984 12 1/4" x 10 7/8" Published in conjunction with an exhibition at MoMA, this survey is one of the best collections of Irving Penn's (1917-2009) work. Includes an overview of his career by John Szarkowski (1925-2007).Cloth-bound hardcover in a pictorial dust jacket. 216 pages; 156 photographic plates, 21 in color, with 35 text illustrations, 7 in color Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to inform the art of photography.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.