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Michael Hutchence was the lead singer of the rock band INXS. The name -- pronounced, of course, 'in excess' -- gives a clear indication of the 'wild man' image that Hutchence cultivated and that Newton so effectively evoked in the portraits that he created of Hutchence and the band, notably the present baroque and erotically charged composition.
HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
Michael Hutchence, Hollywood, 1993
Details
HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
Michael Hutchence, Hollywood, 1993
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on aluminum, printed 2001
signed, titled, dated and numbered '2/3' in ink (on the reverse of the flush-mount)
47¼ x 47¼in. (120 x 120cm.)
Michael Hutchence, Hollywood, 1993
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on aluminum, printed 2001
signed, titled, dated and numbered '2/3' in ink (on the reverse of the flush-mount)
47¼ x 47¼in. (120 x 120cm.)
Provenance
Galerie de Pury & Luxembourg Gallery, Zurich;
acquired 2001.
acquired 2001.
Literature
Helmut Newton Sex & Landscapes, de Pury & Luxembourg, 2001, p. 42; Garner (introduction), Helmut Newton, Sex and Landscapes, Taschen, 2004, p. 56.