Lot #92: HELMUT NEWTON - Canape #2, Villa d' Este, Lake Como, Italy - Vintage color photometalgraph

 

Artist: Helmut Newton (German/Australian, 1920-2004).
Title: "Canape #2, Villa d' Este, Lake Como, Italy".
Medium: Vintage color photometalgraph.
Date: Composed 1975. Printed 1975.
Dimensions: Overall size: 17 1/4 x 13 in. (438 x 330 mm). Image size: 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (184 x 184 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $800
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $1,000/1,200
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower left; signed and dated in the plate. Intended edition of 950 (of which all were printed?). High-grade white Chromecoat coated archival paper. Full margins, as issued. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition.
Comment(s): A close-up of this image, one of Newton’s most popular, is the dust jacket photo for Newton’s legendary first book “White Women.” The print is very scarce and quite possibly printed in a run of far less than the 950 proposed. The printing was derived from a high-resolution negative produced from the SX-70 camera. In an effort to show that the SX-70 could successfully compete with traditional analogue cameras and film as a fine art medium, the company gave cameras plus a generous stock of film to leading photographers of the day. Their output was then published by the Polaroid Corporation. Image copyright © Helmut Newton Foundation. [24691-3-800-NA]