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Newton's depiction of a tall blonde whose only garment is a black cloak that she has draped over her dark-haired, blindfolded companion--a diminutive woman--as the two, in their high heels, preoccupied, as if on a mission, stride rapidly past a statue of a young man--may owe its composition to The Story of O, a book Newton admired. The tantalizing ambiguity--at first glance the miniscule woman could be mistaken for a child--thrusts the viewer into a perverse reaction. It's as if Newton was intent on leading the observer into an emotional labyrinth.
Walter Abish
HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
'Big Lady, Little Lady', Pictorial for 'Playboy', August 1977
Details
HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004)
'Big Lady, Little Lady', Pictorial for 'Playboy', August 1977
25 archival pigment prints, printed later
each with Newton/Playboy credit stamp (on the verso)
image: each 20 x 13½in. (50.7 x 33.7cm.) or the reverse
sheet: each 24 x 20in. (61 x 50.7cm.)
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'Big Lady, Little Lady', Pictorial for 'Playboy', August 1977
25 archival pigment prints, printed later
each with Newton/Playboy credit stamp (on the verso)
image: each 20 x 13½in. (50.7 x 33.7cm.) or the reverse
sheet: each 24 x 20in. (61 x 50.7cm.)
(24)
Provenance
Acquired directly from Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Literature
Playboy: Helmut Newton, Chronicle Books, 2005, n.p.
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