Irving Penn – The Astronomers Plan a Voyage to Earth
Drawings made 1939-1942, text written 1997
Irving Penn, though well-known as one of the 20th-century's master photographers, was originally trained as a painter. In 1997 he unearthed a series of his own abstract, mechanistic drawings made between 1939 and 1942, before he began to take photographs.
Tying them together with a narrative about travelers to earth, The Astronomers Plan a Voyage to Earth is a lavishly produced artist's book – a children's story, written for adults.
Tying them together with a narrative about travelers to earth, The Astronomers Plan a Voyage to Earth is a lavishly produced artist's book – a children's story, written for adults.
| Publisher | Apparition |
| Year | 1999 |
| Cover | Cloth |
| Language | English |
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| ISBN | 978-0-9665480-1-3 |
| Article ID | art-28535 |
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