All of these people made it possible to work at breakneck speed and yet to high standards. I owe thanks to a number of people: to Tim Jefferies and David Peckman of Hamilton’s Gallery, to Vasilios Zatse and Matthew Krejcarek and their colleagues at the Irving Penn Foundation, and to Sandra Klimt, who produced the book. The text is as published (without the notes). I do not often reprint texts published elsewhere: I’ve enjoyed writing it: that’s why it reappears here. The catalogue is a very limited edition, and – as bloggers do – I wanted to reach as large a number of people as possible, so I have asked for permission for the catalogue text to be reprinted here. This means that a large number of visitors to London have the opportunity to visit these less known but high-quality pictures, and to purchase them as may be. It runs at Hamiltons throughout the summer, until 13 September 2013. The catalogue is beautifully produced and is now out as the show has opened. I hoped that by treating these pictures exactly as though they were made today, and reacting to them as if they were a recent offering by an artist at his peak, I might bring a little freshness as well as appreciation. I was glad to write it, as I find that the scholarship of Penn seems a little unchanging. Copyright © by The Irving Penn FoundationĪ number of weeks ago I was asked by Hamiltons Gallery in London to write a catalogue text on a group of pictures by Irving Penn which are less known than many, but seemed to have interesting characteristics of their own.
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