Helmut Newton - Evening & Day Editions London Thursday, September 12, 2019 | Phillips

Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 12 September 2019

  • 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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Helmut Newton

SUMO

1999
Oversized book containing 400 duotone reproductions of photographs selected and edited by June Newton, with accompanying chrome stand designed by Philippe Starck, all contained in the original cardboard box.
book 71 x 52 x 8 cm (27 7/8 x 20 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
stand 77.4 x 56 x 54.5 cm (30 1/2 x 22 x 21 1/2 in.)
Signed in blue crayon and stamp-numbered '03725' on the title page, the stand stamped 'STARCK' and 'HELMUT NEWTON', from the edition of 10,000, published by Taschen.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 

Sold for £6,250

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 12 September 2019