Live Auction 3458Triple XXX: Photographs from the Collection of Don Sanders
HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
Lot 346 There must be a certain look of availability in the women I photograph. I think a woman who gives the appearance of being available is sexually much more exciting than a woman who is completely distant. This sense of availability I find erotic.
Helmut Newton

HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)

Bergstrom over Paris, 1976

Closed29 September 2014

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USD 293,000

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HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
Bergstrom over Paris, 1976
chromogenic print flush-mounted on aluminum, printed later
typed title, date and number 'AP I/II' on a gallery label affixed (on the frame backing board); accompanied by a duplex color test print of the image for Helmut Newton: Sumo, Taschen, 1999
print: image/sheet/flush-mount: 42½ x 63in. (107.9 x 160cm.)
test print: approximately 14 x 20in. (35.5 x 50.7cm.) overall
(2)

With Andrea Caratsch Gallery, Switzerland

Specialist note

At the time of this publication, the print is actually believed to be unique, rather than 'AP I/II' as indicated by the artist.

The volume Sumo, in which this splendid image was illustrated is offered elsewhere in the sale -- lot 374.