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Lot 69

Helmut Newton
(1920-2004)
Woman into Man, Paris

4 October 2021, 14:00 EDT
New York

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Helmut Newton (1920-2004)

Woman into Man, Paris, 1979
Gelatin silver print, printed 1984, signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'For that great printer Tom, with many thanks Helmut, Monte Carlo,' in pencil on the verso.
14 1/4 x 9 3/8in (36.2 x 23.7cm)
sheet 16 x 12in (40.6 x 30.5cm)

Footnotes

Literature
Shots of Style, Great Fashion Photographs chosen by David Bailey, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985, exhibition catalogue, pl. 119
Helmut Newton, Pages from the Glossies: Facsimiles 1956-1998, Scalo, 1998, p. 409
Newton, Autobiography, Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday, 2002, p. 248
Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2018, pl. 120

Helmut Newton said of this work, 'I've had this idea in my head for some time: pictures of men and women together, only the men are women dressed up as men. But the illusion must be as perfect as possible, to try to confuse the reader. This man-woman ambiguity has always fascinated me...'

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