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Helmut Newton
Margot in a motel, Ventura Blvd Hollywood
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- £5,000 - 7,000‡♠
Lot Details
artist made gelatin silver print
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'Margot in a motel, Ventura Blvd Hollywood 1981 Helmut Newton 1/10' on the verso
image 37 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
sheet 40.2 x 30.4 cm (15 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
frame 55.4 x 42.6 cm (21 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
sheet 40.2 x 30.4 cm (15 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
frame 55.4 x 42.6 cm (21 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
Executed in 1981, this work is number 1 from an edition of 10.
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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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