Lot 5
  • 5

Helmut Newton

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Helmut Newton
  • 'Mannequins reclining, Quai d'Orsay', Paris, 1977 (from Private Property Suite III)
  • Image 24.1 x 36 cm (9½ x 14¼ in.);sheet 30.5 x 40 cm (11¾ x 15¾ in.)
Silver print, printed later. Signed and with the portfolio copyright stamp, annotations and numbered 10/75 in pencil on the verso. With two gallery labels affixed to the back of the mount. Mounted and framed. 

Provenance

Galerie Via Eight, Tokyo
Irving Galleries, Palm Beach
Private collection, Italy 

Literature

Newton, Sleepless Nights, Quartet, 1978, p. 29;
Lamarche-Vadel, Helmut Newton, Editions du Regard, 1981, p.10;
Playboy: Helmut Newton, Chronicle, 2005, cover and pp. 117-123 (variants)

Condition

This beautiful silver print is in overall excellent condition; with a very faint crease in the upper left corner of the margin, away from the image and only visible in raking light, and two small areas of remnants of adhesive tape in the upper left and right hand corners on the verso.
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