Irving Penn Orientalist Masterpiece To Be Offered by Bonhams & Butterfields – Nov 7
Published November 5th, 2007
The image depicts Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, the wife and muse of the famed fashion photographer, enrobed in a North African costume, complete with a white turban.
She sits on woven rugs within a beautifully tiled alcove alongside accoutrements for a traditional tea service. This iconic image is estimated to bring $225,000-300,000, and three other Penn photographs should also delight bidders.
The auction includes a collection of more than 650 prints and fine photographs from trusts, estates, private collections and public institutions will be offered over two days November 6th and 7th in a Bonhams & Butterfields auction simulcast to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The sale will showcase quintessential works from artists Irving Penn, Diane Arbus, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Pablo Picasso, Edward Weston and John James Audubon, among many others.
