Live Auction 2113Photographs From The Collection Of Gert Elfering
HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
Lot 120

HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)

Sie Kommen (Naked and Dressed), Paris, 1981

Closed10 April 2008

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HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
Sie Kommen (Naked and Dressed), Paris, 1981
2 gelatin silver prints
each signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'E.A.' and dedicated 'For Gert' in pencil (on the verso)
each 14½ x 14½in. (36.8 x 36.8cm.) (2)

Acquired directly from the artist

Specialist note

Newton has explained how 'The Naked and Dressed [series] presented probably the biggest technical problems...there was a considerable time lag between the two versions. I had to match the exact movement of the model to each version with the help of many Polaroids.' (Pages from the Glossies, p. 422)

The 'dressed' version of this diptych shows the models wearing clothes by (left to right): Emmanuelle Khahn, Karl Lagerfeld for Chloé, Angelo Tarlazzi, and Fournier.