Apr 20, 2017 - Sale 2443

Sale 2443 - Lot 91

Unsold
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
IRVING PENN (1917-2009)
Portrait of H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan. Silver print, the image measuring 9 1/2x7 1/2 inches (24x19.1 cm.), the mount 14 3/8x11 7/8 inches (36.4x30.2 cm.), with Penn's signature and date, in ink, and numeric notations, also in ink, on mount recto, and his credit and copyright hand stamps, Haydon's notations "To Me, This is a Marvelous Charactatoon! [sic], Julie," in pencil, and number 83, in ink, on mount verso. 1947
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Additional Details

From Penn to Nathan; by descent to his wife, actress Julia Haydon (1910-1994); by descent to a friend.

This image was reproduced in Vanity Fair.