Steven Klein - Photographs London Tuesday, November 21, 2023 | Phillips

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  • “This was for W and our first time shooting. From the very start there was an excitement of collaboration, the meeting of two souls with the same agenda, which is to bring art even to the most commercial endeavours. She was not Madonna in this shoot, but a performance artist divorced from pop culture - nor was glamour a question. For instead she inhabited the space of an artist using the body as a type of grammar. Indeed, we work in codes she and I. This shoot was the beginning of our history​.”
    —Steven Klein, 2023 
    For 'Madonna Unbound', W, April 2003 

     

     

    ULTIMATE STEVEN KLEIN presents an exclusive curation of 18 unique Polaroid works from the celebrated photographer’s archive. Showcasing Klein’s distinctive approach to photography as a means of storytelling, this exceptional grouping offers a window into the intimate relationship between photographer and subject. Taken between 1989 and 2007, the Polaroids feature striking portraits of icons in fashion, music and film, including Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Madonna, Prince, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and Brad Pitt, among others.

     

    A visionary and creator, Steven Klein has made unique contributions to the arts throughout his nearly four-decade career and consistently pushes the boundaries of visual expression through his image-making. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to photography, Klein received the prestigious Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography (ICP) in 2014. His work has been exhibited globally, gracing prominent venues such as Deitch Projects, Gagosian and the Guggenheim in New York. Furthermore, his work is featured in several public collections, including those of the National Portrait Gallery and the V&A in London and the ICP in New York. The artist’s body of work has also been celebrated through his first monograph Steven Klein, published by Phaidon in 2022.

     

     

    ‘Madonna Unbound’, W, April 2003.

     

    • Literature

      'Madonna Unbound', W, April 2003, pp. 216-217 (variant)

ULTIMATE STEVEN KLEIN

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Madonna, Los Angeles from X STaTIC PRO=CeSS

30 July 2002
Unique colour Polaroid 8x10 print.
Sheet 21.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Signed in ink on the verso; printed title and date on an artist label affixed to the reverse of the frame.

This work is unique.

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Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 

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London Auction 21 November 2023