Flowers. Photographs by Irving Penn

[Irving Penn]

A first printing of Irving Penn's book of still-life photographs of flowers. Between 1967 to 1973 Penn produced a series of photographic essays for the Christmas editions of Vogue magazine. Each issue focused on a different flower (poppy, tulip, rose, lily, peony, orchid, and begonia), showing the flower in beautiful clarity and detail, from bud, to full bloom, to decay. The photographs are collected together in Flowers.



Irving Penn. Harmony Books. New York. 1980. First edition, first printing. Hardback, square quarto; oatmeal cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 96 pages. Colour photographic plates throughout. English. 260 x 260mm. 1.1kg. 9780517540749. Near fine, in near fine dust jacket; slight shelf wear, some very slight yellowing as common.