Helmut Newton (German, 1920-2004)
Prints and working copies, 1976
A collection comprising 3 gelatin silver prints stamped in ink on verso "Copyright Helmut Newton Paris, France", 3 contact sheets marked in red ink, strips of negatives from 4 35mm films, 31 prints from these negatives by Modern Age (New York), 4 large black and white transparencies for Xavier's Happy New Year card, copy of White Women inscribed "To Dee who is very pretty from Helmut Newton New York 1.11.1976", dust-jacket, 3 Polaroids of Newton with Lisa Taylor, further Polaroid of models under hair-dryers, various papers related to photoshoot, including undated letter from Newton to Xavier asking for loan of negatives (quantity)
27 x 40cm (10 1/2 x 15 3/4in) and smaller
Prints and working copies, 1976
A collection comprising 3 gelatin silver prints stamped in ink on verso "Copyright Helmut Newton Paris, France", 3 contact sheets marked in red ink, strips of negatives from 4 35mm films, 31 prints from these negatives by Modern Age (New York), 4 large black and white transparencies for Xavier's Happy New Year card, copy of White Women inscribed "To Dee who is very pretty from Helmut Newton New York 1.11.1976", dust-jacket, 3 Polaroids of Newton with Lisa Taylor, further Polaroid of models under hair-dryers, various papers related to photoshoot, including undated letter from Newton to Xavier asking for loan of negatives (quantity)
27 x 40cm (10 1/2 x 15 3/4in) and smaller
Sold for
£12,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Xavier owned a hair salon in New York, and in 1976 commissioned Helmut Newton, via his agent Bob Fischer, to do a day-long shoot with the models Winnie and Patti Hansen. In the following year Patti would pose for one of Newton's most famous shots, 'Patti Hansen over Manhattan'. Newton produced three prints from the photoshoot, stamped with his copyright, but the negatives were ultimately retained by Xavier, who had several very large prints made to furnish his salon. From model releases to negatives, contact sheets to prints, invoices to correspondence, this archive charts the progress of a photoshoot by one of the 20th century's finest photographers. See lot 330 for another photoshoot at Xavier Coiffeures by Deborah Turbeville.
Category: Fine Art / Pictures
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