Irving Penn

[American Photographer, born in 1917]

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Irving Penn at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn's Nudes, 1949-50

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Nude No. 1, 1949-50

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

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Irving Penn in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database

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Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

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Irving Penn: Platinum Prints

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The Art of Being You

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Irving Penn: A Career in Photography

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Still Life: Irving Penn Photographs, 1938-2000

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