Irving Penn shined at Christie’s auction “The Feminine Ideal: An Important Private Collection of Photographs” with his work getting the top 3 prices while placing 5 photographs on the top ten list.
The Sale total was 942,125 (USD) (Prices include buyer’s premium)
The top 10:
Lot 72 IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Balenciaga Mantle Coat (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris, 1950
price realized $80,500
Lot 56 IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Woman in Feather Hat, New York, November 1991
price realized $68,500
Lot 11 IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Woman with Umbrella (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), New York, 1950
price realized $60,000
Lot 62 WEEGEE (1899-1968)
Nude, c 1950s
price realized $47,500
Lot 43 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989)
Sonia Resika, 1988
price realized $43,750
Lot 36 PHILIPPE HALSMAN (1906-1979)
Marilyn Jumping, 1954
price realized $40,000
Lot 21 IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Cigarette No 69, 1972
price realized $37,500
Lot 63 MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Nusch Eluard, Nue, 1935
price realized $30,000
Lot 47 IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Vogue Fashion, in Morocco, 1951
price realized $27,500
Lot 75 NORMAN PARKINSON (1913-1990)
In the Moonlight, Carmen, for American Vogue, 1950
price realized $23,750
