HELMUT NEWTON | 'Sylvia in my Studio'

mural-sized, signed, titled, and dated 'Paris, 1981' in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1981

Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, 1984

Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Helmut Newton (Paris, 1981), dust-jacket and pp. 34-5

Helmut Newton: 47 Nudes (London, 1982), dust-jacket and pp. 34-5

Helmut Newton: Private Property (Munich, 1990), pl. 31

Helmut Newton: Big Nudes (Munich, 1990), front cover dust jacket (detail)

Félix Zdenek, The Best of Helmut Newton: Selections from his Photographic Work (Munich, 1993), pl. 63

Françoise Marquet, Helmut Newton Work (Köln, 2000), p. 206

This mural-sized photograph on Agfa paper is in generally excellent condition. When examined closely, a few handling creases are visible in the image and margins. The margins are gently rippled, which is only visible when the photograph is examined unframed. The edges of the reverse are very lightly age-darkened. The sheet measures 48 by 47 1/8 in. (121.9 by 119.7 cm.) overall.
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