Lot 197
  • 197

Helmut Newton

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Helmut Newton
  • ELSA PERETTI, NEW YORK
  • Gelatin silver print
partial signature and date in pencil on the reverse, 1975, printed in 2000 (Portraits, pl. 25, variant)

Provenance

The photographer to Raymond Merritt
Gift to the present owner

Condition

This print, which has a slightly purple tonality and appears to be on resin-coated paper, is in generally excellent condition. The coating may account for the partial signature, as 'Helmut' is faintly signed in pencil, as is the date '2000.'
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