Irvin Penn

This book, published in conjunction with and exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, is the first comprehensive retrospective of Penn's work. The essay by John Szarkowski follows a brilliant career, from its art-school beginnings to the provocative still lives of recent years, photographs of cigarette butts and street detritus-works if eloquence and classical rectitude, made from the least consequential of subject matter. 216 pp.; 156 illus. Published in 1984 and edited by John Szarkowski, this rare book from MoMA Publications is available in extremely limited quantities.