
Art Institute of Chicago
Rochas Mermaid Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris
Irving Penn · 1950, printed June 1979
Provenance
Ownership history
- Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 1996.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Permanent Collection Rotation, May 10-September 28, 2014.
- 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)
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was," August 13–November 6, 2005. (David Travis)
Literature
Published references
- Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. “Irving Penn: A Career in Photography.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 179, cat. 72.
- Travis, David. 2005. "Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was." Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press. p. 85.
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