Annie Leibovitz - Photographs & Helmut Newton: Provocateur London Thursday, May 16, 2024 | Phillips

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  • “It was her duty sitting for photographs – part of what she did. And she totally gave herself over to the process, to the photographer, or the artist or the painter, to use their creativity and their imagination.” 
    —Annie Leibovitz on Queen Elizabeth II

    Annie Leibovitz, one of the world’s most renowned portrait photographers, was invited by the Royal Household to photograph Queen Elizabeth II in 2007. As the first American to create an official portrait of Her Majesty, she recalls: ‘I felt honoured. I also felt that because I was an American, I had an advantage over every other photographer or painter who had made a portrait of her. It was ok for me to be reverent.’ Drawing inspiration from traditional royal portraits, including those by Cecil Beaton, Leibovitz’s skilful use of post-production techniques imbues her exquisite tableaux with a sense of history. The work on offer here was included in the artist’s Master Set, a selection she made of her most important images.

    • Provenance

      Phillips de Pury & Company, London, Annie Leibovitz: The Master Set Exhibition, 22 October - 17 November 2008

    • Literature

      Annie Leibovitz at Work, New York: Random, 2008, p. 180
      Annie Leibovitz: The Master Set, London: Phillips de Pury & Company, 2008, n.p.

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Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London

2007
Archival pigment print, mounted.
Image: 108 x 163 cm (42 1/2 x 64 1/8 in.)
Frame: 113 x 168 cm (44 1/2 x 66 1/8 in.)

Signed, numbered 1/7 in ink and printed title on 'Annie Leibovitz Master Set' label on the reverse of the mount.

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Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 

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Photographs & Helmut Newton: Provocateur

London Auction 16 May 2024