Art Institute of Chicago

Cocoa-Colored Balenciaga Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn) (A), Paris

Irving Penn · 1950, printed June 1979

Provenance

Ownership history

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Art Institute of Chicago, “Irving Penn, A Career in Photography,” November 22, 1997–February 1, 1998; traveled to St. Petersburg, Russia, State Hermitage Museum, March 1–May 16, 1998; Hamburg, Germany, Deichtorhallen, June 18–September 6, 1998; Munich, Germany, Müchner Stadtmuseum, October 6, 1998–February 21, 1999; San Francisco, California, Friends of Photography/Ansel Adams Center for Photography, November 11, 1999–January 23, 2000; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–June 4, 2000; Paris, France, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, September 13–November 5, 2000. (Colin Westerbeck)

Literature

Penn, Irving. 1960. “Moments Preserved.” Simon and Schuster. p. 26. (other print of this image)
Szarkowski, John. 1984. "Irving Penn." Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art/New York Graphic Society Books. pl. 47. (other print of this image)
Penn, Irving. 1991. "Passage: A Work Record." Knopf. p. 82. (other print of this image)
Photology. 1992. “Irving Penn: People in Passage.” Photology. p. 63. (other print of this image)
Harrison, Martin. 1996. “Lisa Fonssagrives: Three Decades of Classic Fashion Photography.” Vendome Press. p. 146. (other print of this image)
Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 179, cat. 63.
Greenough, Sarah. 2005. “Irving Penn: Platinum Prints.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art /Yale University Press. pl. 21. (other print of this image)

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