Irving Penn (1917-2009) Cinderella, New York, 1946 Gelatin silver print; mounted, signed and dated in ink on the mount, the photographer's credit stamp and a Condé Nast copyright stamp on the reverse. 13 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (34 x 27.6 cm.) mount 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.) Footnotes: Provenance Paula Laurence (1916-2005), actress and journalist; Gift from the above to the present owners in 2000. Literature 'Fables Retold', Vogue, vol. 108, no. 11, 15 December 1946, p. 61; Irving Penn, Passage (New York, 1991), p. 22. Note Originally appearing in the December 15th, 1946 issue of Vogue, Irving Penn's re-imagining of Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper accompanied the periodical's 'Fables Retold' segment. Various public figures stood in for the characters: Barbara Cushing Mortimer 'Babe' Paley as the Fairy Godmother, Dorothy Parker and Paula Laurence as the Stepsisters, and 15-year-old Carmen Dell'Orefice (in one of her first appearances in Vogue) as Cinderella. Penn artfully staged the familiar narrative on a minimalist set with only a few bold props for context. Prints of Cinderella are exceedingly rare. At the time of this writing it is believed that only one other print of this image has been offered at auction. This print was gifted to the present owners by stage actress and journalist Paula Laurence, the 'stepsister' who appears in the foreground. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing