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Mon 29 Jul

HELMUT NEWTON (Germany, 1920- California, 2004). "Sylvia Examining Her High Heeled Shoes in My Studio," Paris, 1981. Gelatin silver. Signed, titled, dated and annotated in pencil. Provenance: Maurizio Siniscaldo Gallery, Naples, Italy. Measurements: 54,6 x 40 cm (image). "Sylvia examining her high heels in my studio" is a photograph that reflects many of the themes that define Helmut Newton's way of working: the carefully crafted composition (with the light of a street lamp filtering in from the darkness of the urban night contrasts with the clarity of the nude and the window frame), the fetish element of the stiletto-heeled shoes that Sylvia holds without mannerism.... Newton often explores themes of power, control and fetishism in her work. In this image, the woman's introspective countenance (oblivious to the gaze of male desire) and the naturalness of her posture empower her, rather than reducing her to the stereotypical female object. In doing so, Newton redefines the parameters of erotic and fashion photography: provocation, anti-voyeurism and female empowerment are his attributes. His women do not appear languid as odalisques but defiant, unabashed and without admitting easy voyeurism. In photographs such as this one, she explores the boundaries between the intimate and the public, while carefully planning her compositions to maximize visual impact. Newton was born in Berlin, attended the Heinrich-von-Treitschke-Realgymnasium and the American School in Berlin. Interested in photography from the age of 12 when he bought his first camera, he worked for German photographer Yva (Elsie Neuländer Simon) from 1936.The increasingly oppressive restrictions imposed on Jews by the Nuremberg laws caused his father to lose control of the factory; he was briefly interned in a concentration camp on Kristallnacht, , which eventually forced the family to leave Germany. Newton's parents fled to Argentina. Finally, arriving in Singapore, he found he could remain there, first briefly as a photographer for the Straits Times and then as a portrait photographer. Newton was interned by British authorities while in Singapore and was sent to Australia aboard the Queen Mary, arriving in Sydney on September 27, 1940. He was released from internment in 1942 and worked briefly as a fruit picker in northern Victoria. In April 1942, he enlisted in the Australian Army and worked as a truck driver. After the war in 1945, he became a British subject and changed his name to Newton in 1946. That same year, Newton set up a studio on Flinders Lane in Melbourne and worked in fashion, theater and industrial photography during the postwar period. He shared his first joint exhibition in May 1953 with Wolfgang Sievers,The 'New Visions in Photography' exhibition was shown at the Federal Hotel in Collins Street and was probably the first glimpse of New Objectivity photography in Australia. Newton became associated with Henry Talbot, a German Jew who had also interned at Tatura, and his association with the studio continued even after 1957, when he left Australia for London. The studio was renamed 'Helmut Newton and Henry Talbot'. Newton's growing reputation as a fashion photographer was rewarded when he secured a commission to illustrate fashions in a special Australian supplement for Vogue magazine, published in January 1956. He won a 12-month contract with British Vogue and left for London in February 1957, leaving Talbot to manage the business. Newton left the magazine before the end of his contract and went to Paris, where he worked for French and German magazines. He returned to Melbourne in March 1959 to work with Australian Vogue. Newton and his wife finally settled in Paris in 1961. His images appeared in magazines such as the French edition of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. He established a particular style marked by erotic and stylized scenes, often with fetishistic subtexts. In 1980 he created the "Big Nudes" series. His "Nude and Clothed" portfolio followed, and in 1992 "Domestic Nudes," which marked the pinnacle of his erotic-urban style, all of these series supported the dexterity of his technical skills. Newton also worked on more fantastical portraits and studies. He did a series of illustrations for Playboy, including illustrations of Nastassja Kinski and Kristine DeBell.

Estim. 9 000 - 12 000 EUR

Mon 29 Jul

Olympic Games/ Summer, 1948, London/ Official Olympic Torch. The emotional and symbolic charge of these XIV Olympic Games in the aftermath of the Second World War is particularly strong, and the Olympic relay from Olympia to London will be all the more beautiful for it.... This second Olympic torch is no longer made of steel, as was the case in 1936, but of aluminium, and is very open, like a flower blooming again. Its openwork hearth with three hollowed-out sets of five rings gives the torch a breath of fresh air, and the hearth has eight honeycombs to facilitate combustion in the lower part, topped by an insulating washer. The inscription on the hearth reads: "XIV th Olympiad 1948, Olympia to London, with thanks to the bearer...". Our model, which seems to have been little used, has been transformed by its bearer into a floor lamp, with bulb socket in the hearth...Very good condition. With wall-mounted bracket through which the wires pass. Can be re-used as is, or easily restored to its original condition without damage. H: 40,5. Just to clarify, these Games were those of Heinrich, Damitio, Zatopek, Dupont (see elsewhere) Reiff, Micheline Ostermeyer (748), Mimoun, Hansenne (151), d'Oriola, and Fanny Blankers-Koen, bib 692, please, who will be statued like her rival Ostermeyer. At last, the legend was back, though fortunately not on the flame. There are said to have been 1,741 unnumbered copies of this symbol, often kept by military bearers; remodeled, this torch still shone in Cortina and Melbourne. Can be reunited with lot 321.

Estim. 3 500 - 4 500 EUR
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