Helmut Newton - Photographs New York Thursday, January 31, 2008 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Lempertz, Cologne, 8 May 2004, lot 217

  • Artist Biography

    Helmut Newton

    German • 1920 - 2004

    Helmut 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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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

93

Vivianne F., Hotel Volney, New York, American Vogue

1972
Gelatin silver print from Private Property, Suite II, printed 1984.
14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (36.2 x 24.1 cm).
Signed, numbered 16/75 in pencil, Private Property portfolio and copyright credit stamps on the verso.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for $7,500

Photographs

31 January 2008, 10am & 2pm
New York