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IRVING PENN (American, b. 1917) FARMER WITH LARGE BASKET AND A ROPE (CUZCO, PERU) signed and ins...

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IRVING PENN (American, b. 1917) FARMER WITH LARGE BASKET AND A ROPE (CUZCO, PERU) signed and ins...
IRVING PENN (American, b. 1917) FARMER WITH LARGE BASKET AND A ROPE (CUZCO, PERU) signed and inscribed with initials "print made 1949 IP" in ink on verso titled and dated "FARMER WITH LARGE BASKET AND A ROPE (CUZCO, PERU, 1948)" in ink on verso Penn and Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and edition stamps on verso vintage gelatin silver print 7 7/8 x 7 in. (20 x 17.8 cm) 1948 printed 1949 this print is from an edition of 6 PROVENANCE Private Collection, UNITED STATES Private Collection, SWITZERLAND LITERATURE Irving Penn, MOMENTS PRESERVED, New York, 1960, p. 105 (illustrated) Irving Penn embarked on a project in 1948 that he continued for over 20 years and resulted in the book WORLDS IN A SMALL ROOM. He wished to photograph people around the world in natural northern light. After finishing some fashion work in Lima, he flew to the remote city of Cuzco, where there was only one flight in and out every week. He stayed for the week of Christmas in 1948. He discovered an old nineteenth-century studio with a stone floor and painted backdrop that was perfect for his needs. He had an assistant bring people in from the streets below. They were mostly from the surrounding countryside. Many had never been photographed before and were visibly shaking with fear before the camera. Penn wrote about this experience of photographing these people in his spare setting. "Taking people away from their natural circumstances and putting them into the studio in front of a camera did not simply isolate them, it transformed them. Sometimes the change was subtle; sometimes it was great enough to be almost shocking. But always there was transformation" (Penn, WORLDS IN A SMALL ROOM, New York, 1974, p. 9).
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