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Helmut Newton Charlotte Rampling at the Hotel Nord Pinus II, Arles 1973 Gelatin silver print, printed later. 159 x 120 cm (62 5/8 x 47 1/4 in) Titled, dated, numbered in an unidentified hand in ink and Estate stamp on the reverse of the flush-mount. One from an edition of 3.
Provenance The Estate of Helmut Newton Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad Literature Helmut Newton mode et portraits, exh. cat., Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1984, pl. 10 (variant) Z. Felix, ed., The Best of Helmut Newton New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1996, pl. 39 (variant) Helmut Newton Portraits, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery, London, 1998, pl.37, p. 49 (variant) Catalogue Essay “A great man, simple and open. A great artist who was never happy to show what is visible, but has unveiled what stirs in our souls, in our bodies and in our fantasies. We exchange, Helmut and I, through the eye of its target, an essential part of ourselves and secrets escape, as if by chance.” CHARLOTTE RAMPLING, ‘PHOTO’, MARCH 2004 Read More Artist Bio Helmut Newton German • 1920 - 2004 Helmut Newton's distinct style of eroticism and highly produced images was deemed rebellious and revolutionary in its time, as he turned the expected notion of beauty, depicted by passive and submissive women, on its head. Depicting his models as strong and powerful women, Newton reversed gender stereotypes and examined society's understanding of female desire. Newton created a working space for his models that was part decadent and part unorthodox — a safe microcosm in which fantasies became reality. And perhaps most famously of all, Newton engendered an environment in which his female models claimed the space around them with unapologetic poise and commanding sensuality. His almost cinematic compositions provided a hyper-real backdrop for the provocative images of sculptural, larger-than-life women, and enhanced the themes of voyeurism and fetishism that run throughout his work. View More Works