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Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn's Nudes, 1949-50 (Hardcover)

by Maria Morris Hambourg (Contributor)
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One of the worlds preeminent photographers, Irving Penn is famous for portraiture, still life, and other commercial work. He is less well known as a superb photographer of the female nude. His most important pictures in this genre were made in 1949-50 during intense sessions with artists models that were essentially an artistic antidote to the ephemeral fashion world. Charged with powerful, physical, and sexual energy, yet somehow chaste, the images are among the most ambitious and successful nudes ever made. Sequenced to reveal the artists progressive exploration of his theme, the photographs constitute a remarkable wholea frieze of life based on a love affair with earthly goddesses.

About the Author
Irving Penn's books include Moments Preserved (1960), Worlds in a Small Room (1974), Inventive Paris Clothes 1909-1939 (1977), Flowers (1980), Passage (1991), and Still Life (2001). A retrospective of his work was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1984. In 1997, the Art Institute of Chicago mounted a traveling international exhibition.
Maria Morris Hambourg is the Curator of Photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the author of numerous books on photography.

Product Details
  • Hardcover: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Bulfinch; 1 edition (February 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0821227874
  • ISBN-13: 978-0821227879
  • Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 11.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)

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