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Helmut Newton - Givenchy Dress, Bulgari, French Vogue, Paris 1980

Old Authentic Original Drawing Offset print

Beautiful Famous photo!!

Print size: 23.2 cm x 34.9 cm !!!!

This is a print that the printer had archived as a reference model and laminated on a support in order to be able to preserve it over time.

A wonderful testimony to traditional art printing which has totally disappeared these days.

Remarkable large print, close to a photograph, contrasted and very bright, with tones of a beautiful density.

Its rendering as well as its sharpness, its definition with sharp details, and its shine, are absolutely magnificent.

Print made in 2006 by a former art printer - Archival model Imprimeur duotone print enhanced with gloss varnish

This unpublished print was found in the depths of an assembly workshop in the archive lockers of a former art printing works, preciously kept flat and protected from light in an envelope. Although it is old with its 17 years of age, it has remained in a good state of conservation. Presence of traces of dirt and marks on the back due to manipulations by the printer. On the other hand, the front is intact, in perfect condition and of a remarkable shine.

This copy was kept by the printer in order to serve as a reference for its setting and coloring on the machine during reprints.

Helmut Newton has no limits, he obeys no laws, as in this publicity image taken in 1980, or his model in an armchair, dressed in a Givenchy dress, adorned with earrings and a necklace from Bulgari, her eyes practically closed lets herself be adjusted by a man with whom she has almighty power, this man by her side, is according to the photographer only an object of decoration, he exists simply to sublimate the woman.

He installs body language to accentuate an inaccessibility, the woman in a confident posture, he is obsessed with light, decor, clothing and model, for him, only the perfect moment counts.

Sophisticated, seductive, even provocative, under the lens of Helmut Newton, women are transformed into dazzling creatures, he dedicates in his work, fashion in order to sublimate women, going so far as to imagine a world without men, the man is according to him only an object of decoration, it exists simply to sublimate the woman.

He entered the world of the greats of photography through the back door, he spends his time undressing his models, even his wife, he strips them almost completely naked, inventor of chic porn, he is familiar and a follower of the world of luxury, fashion, a tireless and rigorous experimenter, who draws his inspiration from classical painting. He shows sophistication, his taste for heels is legendary, even naked, his models must pose wearing sandals or pumps.

“The desire to discover, the urge to move, to capture flavor, three concepts that describe the art of photography. Helmut Newton

He refuses to conform to what art accepts or not, his method is to excite and provoke. The eroticism of his photographs is a lever of freedom for women who cause scandals, they are dangerous, threatening, but always elegant. He knows how to stage, a way for him to have absolute control of the image, he likes to be cunning and leaves nothing to chance, "all of my work is written before starting, I note the objects precisely, the light, the components of my photo”.

He therefore became the most expensive photographer of his time. Unfathomable, erotic, as aggressive as Amazons, his images transform women into eternal grandeur, they are mysterious and inaccessible, he transforms them into icons, into living statues.

He is one of the first photographers to work in the street, his images show how obsessed he is with light, scenery, a shoe, clothing and the model. For him, only the perfect moment counts.

He wants to be like a paparazzi, a voyeur who goes around an alley, a corridor, a studio, capturing these moments in the greatest discretion. He never adapts to conventions, his models lend themselves to a game in front of Helmut Newton's lens, the photographer's intuition is that the image already exists in his head, ideal women according to his wishes. He keeps a distance from the subject he wishes to photograph, the source of his style, a style that is characterized in a raw, austere, sensual and even sometimes humorous way. He provokes, but he always does it artistically with his basic vocabulary of photographic art, that of revealing another universe, that of the woman.

"The right girl at the right time, that's what has always inspired me, it's a matter of timing. I never wonder what will excite the public, because if I operated like this, I would never take a picture. Not only my own pleasure counts. Long before anyone imagined seeing an oversized, plump model, I begged the kneeling editors to please slit the dresses in the back so these beauties could squeeze in. Helmut Newton

For Newton, it is first of all the body, its generous measurements, the soft hips alternating with the pointed elbows, women whose gaze points upwards in the studio, ladies and mistresses, then comes the rest, the flesh, a mask, a jacket tightened by a belt, a cigarette, a cape forming from the shoulder a point similar to that of the shoes which constitute the indispensable springboard for walking and revealing oneself with confidence on the roads of the world. It is the representation of women from every angle, the photographer's favorite subject, it is women above all that he places on a pedestal, in the universe he knows how to create, that of porno-chic .

“You have to live up to your bad reputation. Helmut Newton

Newton's women are powerful, seductive, dominant, never cold but always impressive, even intimidating, they are adults, dream creatures, who express their confidence and their determination. Erotic Amazons, dressed in tight dresses, naked perched on high heels, these bodies he photographs are an erotic manifesto, provocative and based on play, mystery and seduction. Sweaty underarms, swollen lips, kiss, man's shoulder, woman's hand, muscle interaction, Newton built his reputation as a fashion photographer like no other.

"I'm a voyeur, whether he's doing erotic, sexy or anything else, I think the photographer is a voyeur. We spend our lives looking through the little hole. If a photographer claims not to be a voyeur, he is a fool. Helmut Newton

Since the beginning of his career, his intuition never leaves anything to chance, he uses tricks, the image already exists in his head, that of the ideal woman according to his wishes, a woman rivaling the man, a seductive woman who dominates and imposes in its typical universe, a timeless image, in the realm of eroticism and sexuality.

It is always ahead, faster than society, and in particular on the question of the status of women. None of his photographs seem to age, as if he had found the right recipe, the right tone, from his beginnings, and had since ceased to work with the same material, the woman, the object of desire par excellence. , the body as an affirmation of power, the heels as a sign of superiority. In the 1960s, his career exploded, his staged fashion photos, his daring nudes and his portraits of stars propelled him to the firmament of photography. In a way, Helmut Newton participated in the 1968 movement, the "sexual revolution", it was from this moment that his photographic work took a turn and was definitively anchored in the liberation of morals.

“The women I photograph must express a certain availability. I think that the woman who gives the impression of being available is sexually more exciting than the one who is totally distant, this feeling of availability, I find it erotic. Helmut Newton

“There are two obscenities in photography, art and good taste. Helmut Newton

Helmut Newton (1920-2004) German-born Australian photographer. He is known for his fashion and female nude photography. The Grands Nus photographer loved provocation and scandal, and was a master of erotic photography. His work traces a personal vision of the world of fashion, money and power, through often very raw images. Her pictures, sometimes of sadomasochistic inspiration, attract the wrath of feminist associations. Born in Berlin in 1920, Helmut Neustaedter, of the Jewish faith, took refuge in Singapore after Kristallnacht. He then moved to Australia. After the war, he opened a small fashion studio and worked as a freelance photographer, notably for the Australian edition of Vogue. He moved to Paris in 1956, then to Monte Carlo, and collaborated with the Jardin des modes, Elle, Queen, Playboy, Nova, Marie-Claire, Stern, as well as various editions of Vogue (France, Italy, Grande -Britain, United States, Australia). But it was in the 1970s that his personal style asserted itself.

The French edition of Vogue, perhaps more daring than its foreign antennas, is then the privileged base of its images where references to fashion, sexuality, money, power are mixed. A sophisticated opulence characterizes his productions. The hotel, the villa, the swimming pool, the car, the plane, luxurious decorations welcome women with sculptural bodies, perfect, but of ice. We also owe him numerous portraits of celebrities such as Ava Gardner, Pierre Cardin, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve, Nastassia Kinski, Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, Paloma Picasso, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Prince Rainier of Monaco . Since 1975, he has published several books and his images are regularly exhibited in major museums. In 1984, the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris devoted an important retrospective to him. Shortly before his death, he had donated 1000 images to a Berlin gallery, expressing his pride in returning to his hometown.

Newton never stopped working, driven by the image of the free 20th century woman. Years later, the photographer will say: "I dressed the ideal woman while photographing her, she was feminine, cool, sexy, demanding and yet perfectly accessible provided you put in her own and money". He had said it all because luxury, money, fashion and power are all notions that serve as a backdrop for capturing beauty and eroticism. Here, there is no sentimentality, the Newton woman is modern, incarnated, powerful, fully feminine, undeniably charming and irresistibly insolent. Newton the mischievous seeks reactions without hesitating to offend the fashion sensibility of the time with sometimes flashy scenarios. He was also one of the first fashion photographers to work in the street. His pictures show how obsessed he was with light, decor, clothing and the model. For him, only the perfect moment counts.

On January 23, 2004, at the age of 83, the photographer Helmut Newton died, he crashed his Cadillac while leaving the parking lot of the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, his car crashing into the wall opposite.

“Good fashion photography should look like anything but fashion photography. Helmut Newton

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