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Fonssagrives died, aged 80, in New York, survived by her second husband, Irving Penn, and her two children: her daughter Mia Fonssagrives-Solow, a fashion and jewelry designer and sculptor who was married to real estate developer and art collector Sheldon Solow, and her son, Tom Penn, a designer.
Aug 24, 2014 · By now Lisa’s marriage to Fernand Fonssagrives is over and she weds Irving Penn at the Chelsea Register Office. In 1952, a son is born, Tom Penn and Lisa effectively retires from modeling, taking on the occasional job for old pals in the field.
Aug 24, 2015 · A regular in the pages of Vogue, Fonssagrives’s most important collaboration in both art and life was her relationship with Irving Penn, whom she met on set in 1947 and would eventually...
Aug 31, 2014 · Lisa dies February 4, 1992 in New York of pneumonia , survived by her second husband, Irving Penn and her two children: her daughter Mia Fonssagrives-Solow, a costume designer who is married to real estate developer Sheldon Solow, and her son, Tom Penn, a designer.
Rochas Mermaid Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris. 1950, printed June 1979. Irving Penn. American, 1917–2009. In July 1950, Vogue magazine sent Irving Penn to Paris to document that year’s fall couture collections. Over the course of ten days, clothes by Balenciaga, Dior, Rochas, and others were rushed to an old top-floor studio, where ...
Lisa Fonssagrives Penn 1911-1992. She was an extraordinary woman—wife, mother, partner, and inspiration. She was never trivial. There was a gravitas about her that imposed admiration and...
Taken in 1951 this photograph shows Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, the photographer’s wife and model, enjoying tea at the La Bahia Palace in Marrakech. The image was commissioned by Vogue, and is one out of hundreds that Penn would produce for the magazine throughout his career.
