IRVING PENN
2010-03-22Focusing specifically on his portraits of major cultural figures of the last seven decades. The exhibition is brought together from major international collections and includes over 120 silver and platinum prints, many vintage, ranging from his portraits for Vogue magazine in the 1940s to some of his last work.
Penn photographed an extraordinary range of sitters from the worlds of literature, music and the visual and performing arts. Among those featured in the exhibition are Truman Capote, Salvador Dali, Christian Dior, T.S. Eliot, Duke Ellington, Grace Kelly, Rudolf Nureyev, Al Pacino, Edith Piaf, Pablo Picasso and Harold Pinter.
Opposite – Alfred Hitchcock, New York, 1947
Exhibition runs through to June 6th, 2010
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin’s Place
London
WC2H 0HE
