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Photolithograph; From an unknown edition. Signed in pencil lower right recto, inscribed with title verso.

Patti Hansen over Manhattan 1977 by Helmut Newton, printed in 1978 as a photolithograph, captures a striking juxtaposition between vulnerability and power. The image shows supermodel Patti Hansen standing nude before a window high above Manhattan’s illuminated cityscape. Rendered in sharp black and white, the work plays with reflections, contrast, and voyeuristic tension. Newton, a master of provocative elegance, transforms the private body into a public spectacle without losing its dignity. The cool urban backdrop heightens the sensual and cinematic quality of the composition, showcasing Newton’s talent for combining fashion, architecture, and eroticism in a single frame.

Helmut Newton (Germany/Australia, 1920–2004) was a legendary fashion photographer known for his provocative, glamorous, and highly stylized images. His work, blending eroticism and elegance, redefined fashion photography and challenged conventions of beauty and power. Newton’s iconic black-and-white photographs appeared in major magazines like Vogue, shaping visual culture for decades.

Helmut Newton

Patti Hansen over Manhattan 1977, 1978

Name: Patti Hansen over Manhattan 1977, 1978
SKU: 16280
Price: 1740.00 GBP
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My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse, and entertain.
- Helmut Newton

Known as "prolific and widely-imitated", German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton was a central figure of major publications. He began photography in 1936 as an apprentice to artist Elsie Simon. She would inspire him throughout his long career. After being hired by Australian Vogue in the 1950s, he went on to work for British Vogue and French Vogue. Helmut Newton also contributed to Playboy, Marie Claire, Queen, Elle, and countless other magazines. Newton began to photograph blatantly sexual images, after a heart attack in 1971. They included moments of voyeurism and lesbianism which made feminists outraged. Over the years, Helmut Newton's work focused on fashion, portraits, and nudes. His first solo exhibition was in Paris in 1975. The following year, he published his first book, "White Women." Helmut Newton continued to work and published a series of books, as well as solo exhibitions. Shortly before his death, Newton donated about one thousand of his works to his homeland of Germany. (Artist website)

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