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Helmut Newton
Charlotte Rampling at the Hotel Nord-Pinus, Arles, France
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- £250,000 - 350,000‡
£441,000
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Gelatin silver print, mounted, printed 2002-2003.
1973
Image: 161.5 x 111.9 cm (63 5/8 x 44 in.)
Frame: 182.8 x 131 cm (71 7/8 x 51 5/8 in.)
Frame: 182.8 x 131 cm (71 7/8 x 51 5/8 in.)
Signed, titled, dated, numbered AP1/2 and annotated 'Certificate of Authenticity' in ink on an artist label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Signed by Newton before his death in 2004, this oversized photograph is AP1 of 2 APs, aside from the edition of three. Only one other print from this edition, which is unsigned, has appeared at auction. As of this writing, the National Portrait Gallery, London and the International Center of Photography, New York each holds a smaller-sized print of this image.
Signed by Newton before his death in 2004, this oversized photograph is AP1 of 2 APs, aside from the edition of three. Only one other print from this edition, which is unsigned, has appeared at auction. As of this writing, the National Portrait Gallery, London and the International Center of Photography, New York each holds a smaller-sized print of this image.
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Helmut Newton
German | B. 1920 D. 2004Helmut Newton's distinct style of eroticism and highly produced images was deemed rebellious and revolutionary in its time, as he turned the expected notion of beauty, depicted by passive and submissive women, on its head. Depicting his models as strong and powerful women, Newton reversed gender stereotypes and examined society's understanding of female desire.Newton created a working space for his models that was part decadent and part unorthodox — a safe microcosm in which fantasies became reality. And perhaps most famously of all, Newton engendered an environment in which his female models claimed the space around them with unapologetic poise and commanding sensuality. His almost cinematic compositions provided a hyper-real backdrop for the provocative images of sculptural, larger-than-life women, and enhanced the themes of voyeurism and fetishism that run throughout his work.
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