Artist Monograph

Irving Penn, American

American, 1917–2009

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Photography 74 67.9%
Printmaking 35 32.1%

Irving Penn’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Photography (22,896 total works in this medium by 2,074 artists), with secondary engagement in Printmaking.

Production by Decade

4
1930s
50
1940s
31
1950s
5
1960s
10
1970s
2
1980s
1
1990s
6
2000s

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19431
19542
195931
196232
19641
19752
19802
19811
19821
19841
19852
199020
19941
20056
20072

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas