This exhibition is the first US retrospective in nearly 20 years of the work of Irving Penn (1917 – 2009), known for his iconic fashion, portrait and still life images that appeared in Vogue magazine. Drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, it includes the debut of 100 photographs recently donated to the museum by The rving Penn Foundation. Also on view or the first time will be Super 8 mm films of Penn in Morocco, made by his wife Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, adding a vividpicture of the artist at work.
Beyond Beauty will reveal the full expressive range of Penn’s art, featuring work from all stages of his career: street scenes from the late 1930s, photographs of the American South from the early 1940s, celebrity portraits, fashion photographs, still lifes and more private studio images.
Until March 20th, 2016 at Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington DC, USA
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