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HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
"Portrait of Ernesto Esposito and Frederica della Volpe", Montecatini, Italy, 1989
tirage argentique
signé, titré, daté et numéroté '4/10' au crayon avec cachet de copyright du photographe (verso)
image : 49 x 48,5 cm. (19.2/8 x 191⁄8 in.)
feuille : 61 x 50,6 cm. (24 x 197⁄8 in.)
Ce tirage est le numéro quatre d'une édition de dix exemplaires.

GELATIN SILVER PRINT; SIGNED, TITLED, DATED AND NUMBERED '4/10' IN PENCIL WITH STAMPED PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT CREDIT (VERSO)
Provenance
Collection privée
Phillips New York, Photographs, 6 avril 2022, lot 80
Aquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel
Literature
Dominique Baqué, Helmut Newton, Magnifier le désastre, Editions du Regard, Paris, 2019, p. 150 (variante).
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