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Untitled by Irving Penn, circa 1987, Ink, watercolor, and dry pigment with gum arabic over platinum-palladium print on paper, offered Oct 2025Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗

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Untitled

Irving Penn (American, 1917–2009) · circa 1987

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate $30,000 – $50,000 (≈ £22,373 – £37,288) (≈ €25,802 – €43,003)

Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

Medium
Photograph · Photography all photograph results →
As published: “Ink, watercolor, and dry pigment with gum arabic over platinum-palladium print on paper”
Support
Paper
Signed / inscribed
Initialed in ink on the front
Category
Prints (general)
Dimensions
23 3/8 x 19 in. (59.4 x 48.3 cm)
Auction house
Phillips
Sale
Visual Language: The Art of Irving Penn (NY040425)
Date
October 8, 2025
Location
New York
Lot
59
Estimate
$30,000 – $50,000 (≈ £22,373 – £37,288) (≈ €25,802 – €43,003)
Source
Auction house phillips.com ↗
Retrieved Sep 26, 2026

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