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Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn; Fashion Model in 1940s, ‘50s

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Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 80, a leading fashion model in the 1940s and ‘50s. She posed for some of the most famous photographers of the age, including Horst P. Horst, George Hoyningen-Huene and Irving Penn, whom she married in 1950. She was a frequent subject of Penn’s photographs for Vogue. She later designed clothing and created sculptures. In New York City on Tuesday of pneumonia.

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