HELMUT NEWTON | 'SIE KOMMEN'
Estimate:
70,000
HELMUT NEWTON
1920-2004
'SIE KOMMEN'
signed, titled, dated '1984,' and annotated in pencil and with copyright and reproduction rights stamps on the reverse, framed, 1981, printed in 1984
17 by 14⅜ in. (43.2 by 34 cm.)
This print, on double-weight paper with a slight surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. The following are visible under very close examination: three long, vertical deposits of expertly applied retouching in the right-most figure and a small fingerprint at the lower margin edge. The margin corners are very gently bumped and the upper left corner is creased diagonally; this appears to break the emulsion. There is a strip of yellowing adhesive residue along the upper edge on the residue. '#69' and '4436/6' are written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse.
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