Irving Penn, Cigarette No. 37, New York, 1972, platinum-palladium print mounted to aluminum, image, 23 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches paper, 24 7/8 x 22 inches mount, 26 x 22 inches, Edition of 70 © The Irving Penn Foundation Irving Penn Details:b. 1917, Plainfield, New Jerseyd. 2009, New YorkConnect: (opens in a new window) The Irving Penn Foundation (opens in a new window) @the.irving.penn.foundationPace Publications: (opens in a new window) Shop Now Read More Irving Penn is recognized as one of the defining photographers of the twentieth century, whose rigorously composed, psychologically charged images bridged fashion, portraiture, and still life, leaving an indelible mark on modern photography. Penn studied design from 1934–38 with Alexey Brodovitch at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Pennsylvania. Following a year painting in Mexico, he returned to New York City and began working at Vogue magazine in 1943, where Alexander Liberman was the art director. Penn photographed for Vogue and commercial clients in America and abroad for nearly seventy years. Whether an innovative fashion image, striking portrait, or compelling still life, each of Penn’s pictures bears his trademark style of elegant aesthetic simplicity. In addition to his editorial and advertising work, Penn was also a master printmaker. Beginning in 1964, he pioneered a complex technique for making platinum-palladium prints, a nineteenth-century print process to which he applied twentieth-century materials. The first retrospective of Penn’s work was organized by The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1984. Following this landmark exhibition, which traveled to over fourteen countries, he resumed painting and drawing as a full-fledged creative endeavor. Until his death in 2009, his innovative photographs continued to appear regularly in Vogue, and his studio was busy with assignments and experimental personal work. Recent solo exhibitions include Irving Penn: Centennial at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2017), which traveled to the Grand Palais, Paris (2017–18), C/O Berlin (2018), and IMS Paulista, São Paulo (2018); Underfoot, Tate Modern, London (2019–20); Irving Penn: Masterpieces from the MEP Collection (organized by La Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris), Les Franciscaines, Deauville, France (2023); Irving Penn, de Young Museum, San Francisco (2024); Irving Penn: Edge of Beauty, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris (2024); Irving Penn: Centennial, The Marta Ortega Pérez (MOP) Foundation, A Coruña, Spain (2024–25); and Irving Penn Photographs 1939–2007: Masterpieces from the collection of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, Centro della Fotografia, Rome (2026). His work has also been included in important group exhibitions worldwide, including Shots of Style, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (1995–96); Photography of the Fifties: An American Perspective, Long Beach Museum of Art, California (2004); Fashion Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2006–07); Street & Studio, Tate Modern, London (2008); Marcel Duchamp: The Barbara and Aaron Levine Collection, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (2019–22); and Fragile Beauty, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2024–25). Read More Irving Penn, Pagoda, New York, 2006, india ink over graphite on paper, overall, 22 1/4 x 20 1/4" © The Irving Penn Foundation Irving Penn, Marcel Duchamp (2 of 2), New York, 1948, gelatin silver print, image, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2", paper, 10 x 8", Edition of 25 © The Irving Penn Foundation Exhibitions View All Past Irving Penn: Kinship Curated by Hank Willis Thomas Nov 15, 2024 – Feb 22, 2025 New York Past Irving Penn Edge of Beauty Jun 22 – Jul 27, 2024 Paris Past Face Values Jun 9 – Jul 28, 2023 New York Past Tropic of Cancer Feb 9 – Mar 12, 2023 Palm Beach Journal View All Pace Live On Radical Modernism, “Photographism,” and Irving Penn Feb 05, 2021 Essays Photography in Focus: Irving Penn Apr 01, 2020 Press The San Francisco Chronicle Reviews "Irving Penn" at Pace Gallery in Palo Alto Apr 10, 2019 Museum Exhibitions Irving Penn: Untroubled Feb 13, 2019 One-Artist Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Public Collections Books and Catalogues Close Irving PennOne-Artist Exhibitions Irving Penn One-Artist Exhibitions DatesBorn 1917, Plainfield, New JerseyDied 2009, New YorkEducation1938, Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia2026Irving Penn, Gagosian, Gstaad, Switzerland, February 14–April 6, 2026.2024Irving Penn: Centennial, The Marta Ortega Pérez (MOP) Foundation, A Coruña, Spain, November 23, 2024–May 1, 2025.Irving Penn: Kinship, Curated by Hank Willis Thomas, Pace Gallery, 508 West 25th Street, New York, November 15–December 21, 2024 (extended through February 22, 2025).Irving Penn: Edge of Beauty, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, June 22–July 13 (extended through September 28), 2024.Irving Penn, de Young Museum, San Francisco, March 16–July 21, 2024.2023Irving Penn: Artists Portraits. Photographs from the Pinault Collection, Dinard, France, June 11–October 1, 2023.Irving Penn: Masterpieces by Irving Penn (organized by La Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris), Les Franciscaines, Deauville, France, March 4–May 28, 2023.2022Irving Penn, Pace Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, November 4–20, 2022.Irving Penn: Burning Off the Page, Pace Gallery, Los Angeles, July 30–September 3, 2022.2021Irving Penn: Fashion, Small Trades, 1960s San Francisco Portraits, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, November 25–January 29, 2022.Irving Penn, Cardi Gallery, Milan, September 9–December 22, 2021.Irving Penn: Works 1939–2007. Masterpieces from the MEP Collection, Kyoto City Museum of Art Annex, April 9–May 8, 2022.Irving Penn: Photographism, Pace Gallery, New York, January 8–February 18 (extended through February 20), 2021.2020Room 6 in Materials and Objects: Irving Penn, Tate Modern, London, late 2019–November 22, 2020.2019Irving Penn: Still Life, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria, June 8, 2019–July 16, 2019. Traveled to: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, November 7, 2019–February 15, 2020.Irving Penn, Pace Gallery, Palo Alto, California, April 11–May 26, 2019.Irving Penn, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, January 25–March 7, 2019.Untroubled: Irving Penn, Works from the Pinault Collection, Mina Image Centre, Beirut, Lebanon, January 17–April 28, 2019.2018Irving Penn: Paintings, Hamiltons Gallery, London, November 28, 2018–January 25, 2019.Irving Penn: Paintings, Pace Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, New York, September 13–October 13, 2018.Irving Penn: Worlds in a Small Room, Seen and Unseen, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California, August 30–October 6, 2018.2017Irving Penn: The Flavour of France, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, October 19, 2017–January 6, 2018.Irving Penn: Resonance, Fotografiska, Stockholm, June 16–October 1, 2017.Irving Penn: 1950, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, May 3–July 28, 2017.Irving Penn: Centennial, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 20–July 30, 2017. Traveled to: Grand Palais, Paris, September 21, 2017–January 29, 2018; C/O Berlin, March 24–July 1, 2018; IMS Paulista, São Paulo, August 21–November 25, 2018.Irving Penn: Fashion, Ǻmells, Stockholm, March 18–April 7, 2017. (Catalogue)2016Irving Penn: Personal Work, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, January 29–March 5, 2016.2015Irving Penn: Flowers, Hamiltons Gallery, London, November 19, 2015–January 15, 2016.Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., October 22, 2015–March 19, 2016. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, April 15–August 14, 2016; Lesley University, Boston, October–November 2016; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, February 24–May 29, 2017; The Frick, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 17–September 10, 2017; Wichita Art Museum, Kansas, September 30, 2017–February 4, 2018; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California, September 29, 2018–February 17, 2019.2014Irving Penn: Timeless Moments, Ǻmells, Stockholm, September 6–September 26, 2014.Irving Penn: Resonance, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, April 13, 2014–January 6, 2015. Traveled to: Fotografiska, Stockholm, June 16–October 1, 2017.2013Irving Penn: On Assignment, Pace Mac/Gill Gallery, New York, September 13–October 26, 2013.Cranium Architecture, Hamiltons Gallery, London, June 19–September 20, 2013.Irving Penn: Underfoot, Art Institute of Chicago, January 17–May 12, 2013.2012Cigarettes, Hamiltons Gallery, London, June 21–August 14, 2012.Irving Penn: Diverse Worlds, Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden, June 16–September 2, 2012. Traveled to: Kumu Art Museum, Talinn, Estonia, June 14–October 6, 2013.2011Irving Penn: Ethnos, Bernheimer Fine Art Photography, Munich, December 2, 2011–January 28, 2012.Irving Penn: Le Noir et Blanc légitimé, Galerie Thierry Marlat, Paris, November 3, 2011–January 12, 2012.Irving Penn and Issey Miyake: Visual Dialogue, 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo, September 16, 2011–April 8, 2012.Irving Penn: Radical Beauty 1946-2007, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, June 30–August 20, 2011.2010Irving Penn: Archæology, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, October 28, 2010–January 15, 2011.Irving Penn: Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, February 18–June 6, 2010.Small Trades, Hamiltons Gallery, London, March 5–April 24, 2010.2009Irving Penn, 1917-2009, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 25, 2009–June 3, 2010.Irving Penn: Banquet, Galerie Thierry Marlat, Paris, October 15, 2009–January 16, 2010.Irving Penn: Small Trades, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, September 9, 2009–January 10, 2010. Traveled to: Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, May 5–July 25, 2010; and Museé de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 10, 2010–January 23, 2011. (Catalogue)2008Close Encounters: Irving Penn Portraits of Artists and Writers, Morgan Library and Museum, New York, January 18–April 13, 2008.Irving Penn; Vessels, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, February 21–March 29, 2008.2007Irving Penn: In Flower, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, January 11–February 17, 2007.Irving Penn, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, September 22–November 3, 2007.Irving Penn, Camera Work, Berlin, 2007.Irving Penn: Flower Power, Hamiltons Gallery, London, November 22, 2007–January 1, 2008.2005Irving Penn: Ethnographic, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, December 8, 2005–January 21, 2006.Underfoot: Photographs by Irving Penn, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, October 6–November 5, 2005. Traveled to: Art Institute of Chicago, January 17–May 12, 2013.2004Irving Penn: Present Concerns, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, January 29–March 20, 2004.Dahomey, 1967: Photographs by Irving Penn, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, October 16, 2004–January 17, 2005. Traveled to: Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, January 14–March 14, 2004; Nihon Mingeikan, Tokyo, August 21–September 26, 2004. (Catalogue)2002Irving Penn: Still Life in Color 1947-2001, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 2002.Irving Penn: circa 1948, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, March 7–April 27, 2002.Dancer: 1999, Nudes by Irving Penn, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, co-organized with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, March 17–June 16, 2002. Traveled to: as Irving Penn Nudes, Art Institute of Chicago, June 1–October 6, 2002; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, September 18–October 20, 2002.Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn Photographs, 1949-1950, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, January 14–April 21, 2002. Traveled to: as Irving Penn Nudes, Art Institute of Chicago, June 1–October 6, 2002; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, March 22–August 10, 2003.1999New and Unseen, Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York, September 1–September 25, 1999.Process, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, September 9–October 23, 1999.Irving Penn Regards the Works of Issey Miyake, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, December 24–December 28, 1999.1998Irving Penn, Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, 1998.1997Irving Penn, A Career in Photography, Art Institute of Chicago, November 22, 1997–February 1, 1998.Irving Penn: “Le Bain” (Irving Penn: “The Bath”), Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, November 19, 1997–February 8, 1998.Irving Penn, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1997.Irving Penn: Photographs, Wildenstein Tokyo, May 20–June 30, 1997.Irving Penn, Camera Work, Berlin, 1997.Irving Penn, The Small Trades 1950, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, November 26– December 24, 1997.1996Irving Penn: Fringes, PaceWildensteinMacGill Gallery, Los Angeles, March 15–April 20, 1996. Traveled to: Hamiltons Gallery, London, May 1–31, 1996. (Catalogue)Irving Penn, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia, December 6, 1996–January 18, 1997.1995Irving Penn, Fotografier. En donation till minne av Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn (Irving Penn, Photographs: A Donation in Memory of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Moderna Museet, Stockholm, December 26, 1995–March 3, 1996.Irving Penn, Hamiltons Gallery, London, 1995.Irving Penn, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, March 8–April 22, 1995.1994Irving Penn N.Y., Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, March 3–April 16, 1994.1993Irving Penn: Collection Privée/Privatsammlung (Irving Penn: Private Collection), Galleria Gottardo, Lugano, Switzerland, June 22–August 28, 1993.Irving Penn, Hamiltons Gallery, London, 1993.1992Irving Penn Poster Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, 1992.1991Nature Morte, Hamiltons Gallery, London, June 4–June 29, 1991.Irving Penn Selected Photographs, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 13–August 13, 1991.Irving Penn 1948, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, October 24–November 30, 1991.Irving Penn: Portraits in a Corner, 1948, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, December 5, 1991–January 11, 1992.1990Irving Penn: Vintage Prints from the Series "Earthly Bodies," 1949–1950, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, December 6, 1990–January 19, 1991.Irving Penn: Fourteen Cigarettes, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, September 5–October 20, 1990.Irving Penn, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, September 7–October 20, 1990.Irving Penn: Master Images, National Museum of American Art/National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., March 30–August 19, 1990.Irving Penn, Other Ways of Being: 100 Photographs, 1948-1971, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, March 30–April 28, 1990.The Small Trades, Hamiltons Gallery, London, January 24–February 25, 1990.1989Irving Penn Photographs 1949-1975, Vibeke Levy Fine Arts, New York, September 19–October 30, 1989.1988Irving Penn, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, December 10, 1988–January 31, 1989.Cranium Architecture, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, December 1, 1988–January 14, 1989.1987Irving Penn Retrospective, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 14–March 8, 1987.Irving Penn, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, 1987.1986Irving Penn Photographs, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, 1986.Irving Penn, Sporting d'hiver de Monte-Carlo, Monaco, March 22–April 13, 1986.1984Irving Penn, Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 12–November 27, 1984. Traveled to: Yurakucho Art Forum, Tokyo, April 5–24, 1985; National Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, April 28–June 11, 1985; Milwaukee Art Musuem, Wisconsin, July 12–September 1, 1985; Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan, September 24–December 15, 1985; University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, January 22–March 16, 1986; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., April 19–June 8, 1986; Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas, May 25–July 6, 1986; Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, October 9–December 8, 1986; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 14–March 8, 1987; La Fundació Joan Miró I l'Institut d'Estudis Nord-americans, Barcelona, June 3–July 12, 1987; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, August 2–September 6, 1987; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, September 19–November 1, 1987; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, January 9–February 14, 1988; Musée de L'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 25–October 9, 1988; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel, opened October 27, 1988; and Castello Sforzesco, Milan, January 18–March 5, 1989. (Catalogue)Irving Penn, Vision Gallery, Boston, September 11– October 6, 1984.1982Irving Penn: Recent Still Life, Marlborough Gallery, New York, September 8–October 2, 1982.1981Irving Penn: Photographs (on Assignment for Vogue), Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, February 27–March 31, 1981.Irving Penn, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, January 10–January 24, 1981.Irving Penn, Lunn Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1981.1980Irving Penn, Earthly Bodies: 76 Photographs of the Female Nude, Negatives and Silver Prints Made in 1949-1950, Marlborough Gallery, New York, September 4–October 1, 1980. Traveled to: Canadian Centre of Photography and Film, Toronto, January 10–March 28, 1981; Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Paris, May 30–June 15, 1981; Camera Obscura, Stockholm, September 19–October 30, 1981; Philadelphia College of Art Gallery, Pennsylvania, January 25–February 18, 1982. (Catalogue)1979Irving Penn, (Jane) Corking Gallery, Toronto, November 24–December 22, 1979.1978Irving Penn: Platinum Prints, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, Opened May 3, 1978. Traveled to: Gallery 700, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 19–October 2, 2005.Irving Penn, Silver Image Gallery, Seattle, Washington, September 27–October 29, 1978.1977Street Material, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 27–June 26, 1977.Irving Penn: Photographs in Platinum Metals—Images 1947–1975, Marlborough Gallery, New York, September 9–October 11, 1977. Traveled to: Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2–December 2, 1979; Marlborough Gallery, London, May 20–June 20, 1981.1975I Platini di Irving Penn: 25 Anni di Fotografia (Irving Penn Platinum Plates: 25 Years of Photography), Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, April–May 1975.Irving Penn: Recent Works, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 19–August 3, 1975.1963Irving Penn, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1963.1960Photographs by Irving Penn, Moran Gallery, Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York, September 9–October 11, 1960. Traveled to: Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, December 6–December 31, 1960; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1961; The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 15–July 28, 1963. Irving PennGroup Exhibitions Irving Penn Group Exhibitions 2025Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 31, 2025–February 8, 2026. (Catalogue)2024Summer Group Show, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, June 26–August 9, 2024.Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, May 18, 2024–January 5, 2025. (Catalogue)Alexey Brodovitch: Astonish Me, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 3–May 19, 2024. (Catalogue)2023Face Values, 125 Newbury, New York, June 9–July 28, 2023.Mostly Nude, Hamiltons Mayfair, London, March 16–May 13, 2023.Tropic of Cancer, Pace Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, February 9–March 12, 2023.2022Online: Studio to Stage: Music Photography from the Fifties to the Present, Pace Gallery Website, July 28–September 5, 2022. https://www.pacegallery.com/online-exhibitions/studio-stage-music-photography/Studio to Stage: Music Photography from the Fifties to the Present, Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, New York, June 29–August 19, 2022.Richard Learoyd & Irving Penn: Flowers, Hamiltons Gallery, London, June 22–September 10, 2022.The Family of Man: UNESCO Memory of the World, Chateau de Clerveaux, Clerbeaux, Luxembourg, opened in 2022.2021Beauty and Style, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, December 11, 2021–March 13, 2022.Little Things: Parts I & II, Pace Gallery, Geneva, November 10, 2021–January 29, 2022.2019Marcel Duchamp: The Barbara and Aaron Levine Collection, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., November 9, 2019–October 15, 2020.Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, September 20–December 15, 2019. (Catalogue)Photographic Lives: Robert Freson, Irving Penn, and the Portrait, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, March 28–June 2, 2019.2017Penn/Warhol: Signs, Hamiltons Gallery, London, November 2, 2017–January 5, 2018.STILL LIFE, Grob Gallery, Geneva, February 24–May 5, 2017.Speech, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, February 9–April 29, 2017.2016Make Light of It, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, July 7–August 24, 2016.2008Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography, Tate Modern, London, May 22–August 31, 2008.2007Photography Now, Hackelbury Fine Art, London, September–November 2007.2006Fashion Photography, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, November 18, 2006–March 25, 2007.The Construction of the Other: The Archives of Imagination, a Selection from the Collection of the Fotomuseum Provincie Antwerp, Palais de Beaux-Arts/Bozar, Brussels, January 19–March 12, 2007.2005Recent Acquisitions 2005: Some Versions of the Portrait, International Center of Photography, New York, March 11–June 5, 2005.2004Photography of the Fifties: An American Perspective, Long Beach Museum of Art, California, 2004.Tváří v tvář (Face to Face: The F.C. Gundlach Collection), Langhans Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic, September 30–December 4, 2004.1985Shots of Style, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, October 9,1985–January 19, 1986.1977The History of Fashion Photography, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, June 25–October 2, 1977. Traveled to: Brooklyn Museum, New York, November 18, 1977–January 8, 1978; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, March 3–April 16, 1978; Cincinnati Art Institute, Ohio, May 18–July 31, 1978; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, August 30–September 30, 1978.1976Masters of the Camera: Stieglitz, Steichen and Their Successors, organized by the American Federation of Arts, International Center of Photography, New York, November 14,1976–January 2, 1977. Traveled to: Winnipeg Art Gallery, May 6–June 18,1978.1967Photography in the Twentieth Century, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, February 1967. Traveled to Canada, July 30, 1967–February 18,1968.1963Points of View: Single Subject/Multiple Artists, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1963.1960Portraits from the Museum’s Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 4–July 5,1960. Reinstalled: July 6–September 18, 1960.1959Photography at Mid-Century, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, November 9, 1959.Venice Biennale of Photography, Venice, June–November 1959.1955The Family of Man, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, January 24–May 8, 1955.1953Contemporary Photography, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, August 29–October 4, 1953.1951A Half-Century of Color 1900-1950, 4th Biennial Exhibition of Color Photography and Reproduction, American Museum of Photography, Philadelphia, March 15–April 12, 1951. Traveled to: Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, February 7–March 4, 1951; Erie Public Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania, April 21–May 5, 1951; Salmagundi Club, New York, September 10–28, 1951.1950Color Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 9–July 4, 1950.1948In and Out of Focus, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 6–July 11, 1948. Traveled to: Frankfurt, Germany, through the Fine Arts Section, Information Centers Branch, High Commission for Occupied Germany, 1948. Irving PennPublic Collections Irving Penn Public Collections The Art Institute of ChicagoBowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, MaineFrances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New YorkHigh Museum of Art, Atlanta, GeorgiaThe J. Paul Getty Museum, Los AngelesMaison Européenne de la Photographie, ParisThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkModerna Museet, StockholmThe Morgan Library & Museum, New YorkMuseum Folkwang, Essen, GermanyThe Museum of Modern Art, New YorkNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.National Portrait Gallery, LondonNelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MissouriPinault Collection, ParisPrinceton University Art Museum, New JerseySan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut Irving PennBooks and Catalogues Irving Penn Books 2025Time Travelers: Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Samuel Allen, Kaitlin Booher, Lee Ann Daffner, Lucy Gallum, Casey Li, and Rachel Rosen. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2025: 82, illustrated.Pinault Collection, 100 Photographic Masterpieces. Paris: Éditions Dilecta, 2025.2024Alexey Brodovitch: Astonish Me (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Vince Aletti, David Campany, Corrinne Chong, and Katy Wan. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Barnes Foundation, 2024: 114–115, 117, 119–121, illustrated.Forbes, Duncan, Newell Harbin, and Lydia Caston, eds. Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection (exhibition catalogue). London: V&A Publishing, 2024: 46, illustrated.Reframing Photography: Multiple Histories. Text by Kristen Gresh, Karen Haas, and Anne E. Havinga. Boston: MFA Publications, 2024.Shore, Robert. An Opinionated Guide to Photography. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2024: 47, illustrated.2021Prodger, Phillip. Face Time: A History of the Photographic Portrait. London: Thames & Hudson, 2021: 168, illustrated.2020Proof: Photography in the Era of the Contact Sheet, from the Collection of Mark Schwartz + Bettina Katz (exhibition catalogue). Cleveland, Ohio and New Haven, Connecticut: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2020.Yves Saint Laurent: Icons of Fashion Design and Photography. New York: Abrams, 2020.2019Tuite, Rebecca C. 1950s in Vogue: the Jessica Daves Years, 1952-1962. London: Thames and Hudson, 2019.Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (exhibition catalogue). Poughkeepsie, New York: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 2019: 120, illustrated.2018Irving Penn: Paintings (exhibition catalogue). Texts by David Campany, Alexandra Dennett, Arne Glimcher, and Peter MacGill. New York: Apparition, in association with Pace Gallery and Pace/MacGill Gallery, 2018.2017Hambourg, Maria Morris, et al. Irving Penn: Centennial (exhibition catalogue). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017.Hambourg, Maria Morris and Jeff L. Rosenheim. Irving Penn: Le Centenaire (exhibition catalogue). Paris: RMN Editions, 2017.Önne, Carina Engelhardt. Irving Penn: Fashion (exhibition catalogue). Stockholm, Sweden: Ǻmells, 2017.2015Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Flowers (exhibition catalogue). London: Hamiltons Gallery, 2015.Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty (exhibition catalogue). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2015.2014Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Resonance (exhibition catalogue). Venice, Italy: Palazzo Grassi, 2014.Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Timeless Moments (exhibition catalogue). Stockholm, Sweden: Ǻmells, 2014.2013Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Cranium Architecture (exhibition catalogue). London: Hamiltons Gallery, 2013.2012Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Cigarettes (exhibition catalogue). London: Hamiltons Gallery in collaboration with the Irving Penn Foundation, 2012.2011Irving Penn: Ethnos (exhibition catalogue). Munich, Germany: Bernheimer Fine Art Photography, 2011.2010Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Portraits (exhibition catalogue). London: National Portrait Gallery, 2010.Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Archæology (exhibition catalogue). New York: Pace MacGill Gallery, 2010.2009Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Small Trades (exhibition catalogue). Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009.2008Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Vessels (exhibition catalogue). New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, 2008.Penn, Irving. Close Encounters: Irving Penn: Portraits of Artists and Writers (exhibition catalogue). New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2008.2005Greenough, Sarah and Irving Penn. Irving Penn: Platinum Prints (exhibition catalogue). Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005.2004Penn, Irving. Irving Penn Photographs of Dahomey (1967) (exhibition catalogue). Text by Anne Wilkes Tucker. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2004.Penn, Irving. A Notebook at Random. New York: Bulfinch, 2004.2002Hambourg, Maria Morris and Irving Penn. Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn’s Nudes, 1949-50 (exhibition catalogue). Boston: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in association with Little, Brown and Co., 2002.2001Penn, Irving. Still Life: Irving Penn Photographs, 1938-2000. Text by John Szarkowski. Boston: Bulfinch Press, 2001.Penn, Irving. Objects for the Printed Page. Essen, Germany: Museum Folkwang, 2001.Penn, Irving. Dancer (exhibition catalogue). Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2001.1999Penn, Irving. Drawings. New York: Apparition, 1999.Penn, Irving. The Astronomer’s Plan a Voyage to Earth. New York: Apparition, 1999.Holborn, Mark, Midori Kitamura, Issey Miyake and Irving Penn. Irving Penn Regards the Work of Issey Miyake: Photographs 1975-1998 (exhibition catalogue). London: Jonathan Cape, 1999.Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: New and Unseen – Process (exhibition catalogue). New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1999.1997Penn, Irving. Le Bain: Dancers’ Workshop of San Francisco (exhibition catalogue). Paris: Maison Européenne de la photographie, 1997.Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Photographs (exhibition catalogue). Tokyo: Wildenstein, 1997.Penn, Irving. Irving Penn, A Career in Photography (exhibition catalogue). Boston: Art Institute of Chicago in association with Bulfinch Press/Little Brown and Co., 1997.1996Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Fringes (exhibition catalogue). New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1996.Fonssagrives-Penn, Lisa and Irving Penn. Irving Penn, fotografier: en doation till minne av Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn = Irving Penn, photographs: a donation in memory of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn (exhibition catalogue). Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1996.1993Hürlimann, Annemarie and Irving Penn. Irving Penn: una collezione private = Irving Penn: private collection (exhibition catalogue). Lugano: Fondazione Galleria Gottardo, 1993.1991Arrowsmith, Alexandra and Irving Penn. Passage: A Work Record. New York: Knopf/Calloway, 1991.1990Foresta, Merry A., Irving Penn and William Stapp. Irving Penn: Master Images (exhibition catalogue). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990.Penn, Irving. Irving Penn, Other Ways of Being: 100 Photographs, 1948-1971 (exhibition catalogue). New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1990.1988Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Cranium Architecture (exhibition catalogue). New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, 1988.Callaway, Nicholas and Irving Penn. Issey Miyake: Photographs by Irving Penn. New York: Little, Brown & Company, 1988.1986Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Printemps des arts de Monte Carlo (exhibition catalogue). Paris: Beba, 1986.1984Szarkowski, John. Irving Penn (exhibition catalogue). New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1984.1982Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Recent Still Life: Negatives 1979-1980, Prints in Platinum Metals, 1980-1982 (exhibition catalogue). New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1982.1981Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Photographs in Platinum Metals—Images 1947-1975. London: Marlborough Gallery, 1981.1980Penn, Irving. Flowers: Photographs. New York: Harmony Books, 1980.Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Earthly Bodies. 76 Photographs of the Female Nude, Negatives and Silver Prints Made in 1949–1950 (exhibition catalogue). New York: Marlborough Gallery, 1980.1979Hall-Duncan, Nancy. The History of Fashion Photography (exhibition catalogue). Rochester, New York: International Museum of Photography, 1979.19781977Penn, Irving and Diana Vreeland. Inventive Paris Clothes, 1909-1939: a Photographic Essay. London: Thames and Hudson, 1977.1974Penn, Irving. Worlds in a Small Room. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1974.1960Penn, Irving. Irving Penn: Photographs (exhibition catalogue). New York: Alexander Iolas Gallery, 1960.Penn, Irving. Moments Preserved: Eight Essays in Photographs and Words. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960.