Helmut Newton

signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'Paris' in ink and with the photographer's Paris copyright and reproduction rights stamps on the reverse, 1978 (Sumo, unpaginated)

This print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally very good condition. There are two small, soft creases, one in the upper portion and one in the lower right portion of the image. In raking light, faint, barely-perceptible surface scratches that do not appear to break the emulsion and scattered deposits of retouching, likely original, are visible. The stamps on the reverse of the print read: 'COPYRIGHT / HELMUT NEWTON / PARIS, FRANCE' and 'Not to be reproduced in any way without written permission from Helmut Newton.'
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