Cocoa-Colored Balenciaga Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris

Irving Penn American
1950, printed June 1980
Not on view
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cocoa-Colored Balenciaga Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris
  • Artist: Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917–2009 New York)
  • Date: 1950, printed June 1980
  • Medium: Platinum-palladium print
  • Dimensions: Image: 19 5/16 x 19 3/8 in. (49.1 x 49.2 cm.)
    Sheet: 24 7/8 x 22 1/16 in. (63.2 x 56 cm.)
    Mount: 26 x 22 1/16 in. (66 x 56 cm.)
    Overall: 26 x 22 1/16 in. (66 x 56 cm.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation, in memory of Lisa Fonssagrives and Irving Penn, 2025
  • Object Number: L.2018.62.28
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Condé Nast
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs