Issey Miyake, New York

Irving Penn

May 16, 1988, printed 1988 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

In the 1980s, Penn began an unusually fertile long-distance collaboration with Issey Miyake. Every year the Japanese designer sent his inventions to the photo-grapher, whom he revered. And Penn, inspired by the novelty and structural virtuosity of Miyake’s art, riffed a series of equally astounding responses in return. The two artists enjoyed this lively creative matchup for fourteen years (1986–99).

Artist

Irving Penn

Date

May 16, 1988, printed 1988

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of The Irving Penn Foundation, 2021