HERB RITTS | 'Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood'

mounted, signed, titled, dated, and editioned '11/25' in pencil and stamped on the reverse, overmatted, framed, 1989

Sotheby's New York, 16 October 2004, Sale 8018, Lot 176

Herb Ritts: Work (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1996), unpaginatedHerb Ritts (Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 1999), unpaginated

Herb Ritts: L.A. Style (Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2012), pl. 28, p. 59

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. On the reverse of the mount are several hinge remnants.
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‘I enjoy shooting women as feminine objects. There's a sensitivity to the photographs. Many times they're stripped down to the elements, as in the picture of the five models together. They're not like what Lindbergh or Bruce Weber does. I enjoy women being women in my way, and they're still feminine. They're very much themselves.’ – Herb Ritts