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HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
Lot 17

HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)

Le corps robot descending stairs, Monte Carlo, 1995

Fermé16 May 2012

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GBP 13,000

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HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
Le corps robot descending stairs, Monte Carlo, 1995
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated and numbered '1/10' in pencil (verso)
image 14¾ x 10¾in. (37.5 x 27.4cm.)
sheet 16 x 12in. (40.5 x 30.5cm.)
This print is number 1 from the edition of 10.

Note du spécialiste

Helmut Newton drew on a multitude of pictorial and literary references in addition to his personal memories and observations in developing ideas for his images. Film history was one such source and it is tempting to see in the present image an echo of German star Brigitte Helm as the Robot in Fritz Lang's 1927 expressionist science-fiction film Metropolis.

Gift of Hamiltons Gallery, London.