Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009
Mouth (for L'Oréal), New York
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Irving Penn
American, 1917–20091986, printed 1992
Mouth (for L'Oréal), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009 →dye imbibition printphotographic process
Date
1986, printed 1992
Medium
Dye imbibition print
Dimensions
Image: 47.5 × 46.7 cm (18 3/4 × 18 7/16 in.); Paper: 57.8 × 49.4 cm (22 13/16 × 19 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Irving Penn
Working for almost 70 years, Irving Penn produced groundbreaking images that blurred the boundaries between advertising and art. By the early 1950s, he had established a successful career as an editorial photographer at Vogue magazine and began taking on freelance advertising assignments, creating innovative photographs that stood out for their striking simplicity and unexpected details. This advertising image for L’Oréal cosmetics likens a model’s lips to a painter’s palette—offering an enticing twist on conventional representations of beauty.
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