Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Black and White Fashion (with Handbag) (Jean Patchett), New York, 1950
Photograph
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Auction result
Ospedale
Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009) · 1981
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $15,000 – $20,000 (≈ £11,581 – £15,442) (≈ €12,963 – €17,285)
Offered at Clarke Auction Gallery and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Platinum Palladium Print "Ospedale" 1981”
- Edition
- 1/54
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 19.25" high x 11.5" wide
- Auction house
- Clarke Auction Gallery
- Sale
- Clarke Auction Gallery sale, 2018-09-09 (232)
- Date
- September 9, 2018
- Location
- Larchmont, New York, United States
- Lot
- 87
- Estimate
- $15,000 – $20,000 (≈ £11,581 – £15,442) (≈ €12,963 – €17,285)
- Source
- Auction house clarkeny.com ↗Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
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