Helmut Newton - Photographs New York Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | Phillips
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  • Description

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1980

  • Literature

    French Vogue, Paris 1975
    G.I.P. Tokyo, Helmut Newton: Eroticism in the 20th Century, pl. 10
    Grand Palais, Helmut Newton 1920-2004, Paris, exh. cat., 2012, cover and p. 87
    Hall-Duncan, The History of Fashion Photography, p. 207
    Newton and Lagerfeld, Helmut Newton, n.p.
    Pantheon Photo Library, Helmut Newton, pl. 44
    Stonehill Press, Helmut Newton, White Women, pl. 27
    Taschen, Helmut Newton: Work, p. 95
    Taschen, Helmut Newton, SUMO, n.p.

  • 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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PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION

337

Rue Aubriot, Paris

1975
Gelatin silver print.
13 5/8 x 9 in. (34.6 x 22.9 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, annotated 'during the Haute Couture Collections' in ink, copyright credit, and reproduction limitation stamps on the verso.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

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New York Auction 9 October 2024