Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn (Bilingual edition)

Fashion Icon

Simon Baker, Laurence Benaim, Vince Aletti

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Editions Skira Paris
26 October 2024

Fashion & society

A compelling insight into the life of one of the most iconic models in the world of 20th-century fashion

Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn (1911-1992) was a dancer, photographer, stylist and sculptor, but above all one of the most emblematic models of the 20th-century fashion world. She worked with the greatest fashion photographers of her time from 1935 to 1955: Richard Avedon, Erwin Blumenfeld, Louise Dahl- Wolfe, Fernand Fonssagrives, Toni Frissel, Horst P. Horst, whose favourite model she was, George Hoyningen-Huene, Frances Mclaughlin-Gill, Irving Penn, Georges Platt-Lynes and John Rawlings. She was the first model to feature on the cover of Time magazine in September 1949. Wife of Irving Penn from 1950 until her death in 1992, she was, according to Alexander Liberman, artistic director of Vogue magazine, the subject of his greatest photographs. The book features around 150 original vintage prints from her personal collection. Some of these images were published in Vogue France, Vogue US or Harper's Bazaar, and many are previously unpublished, including a large number of photographs of Fernand Fonssagrives, her first husband, and more private portraits taken by Irving Penn.

Text by: Laurence Benaim, Vince Aletti
Preface by: Simon Baker
Imprint: Editions Skira Paris
Country of Publication: France
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 190mm,
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9782370742384
ISBN 10: 2370742380
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 26 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simon Baker, Director of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie. Laurence Benaïm, journalist and writer, fashion specialist. Vince Aletti, curator, writer and art photography critic, notably for The New Yorker.

Reviews for Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn (Bilingual edition): Fashion Icon

Collects portraits from the personal collection of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, the supermodel and wife of Irving Penn, with works by Richard Avedon, Man Ray, and George Hoyningen-Huene.--Elena Clavarino ""Air Mail""