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High Heeled Boot by Karl Lagerfeld, Monte Carlo
Helmut Newton (born Germany, active U.S, and Europe, 1920–2004)
1994
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print from an X-ray negative
Dimensions
Sheet: 60.5 x 49.8 cm (23 13/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number2006.1862
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
Helmut Newton, who was born in Germany and was based for many years in Paris, became well known in the 1970s for images that convey a provocative, voyeuristic objectification of women. Here he uses the X-ray, a tool generally associated with medical examinations, to make this rendering of a high-heeled buckled boot. Through the X-ray, the photographer creates an eye-catching representation and a seemingly clinical, as well as sardonic, comment on the lengths to which women are willing to go to appear alluring.
Signed
Signed
InscriptionsSigned, titled, numbered '1/10' in pencil and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps (on verso)
ProvenanceChristie's, New York, Sale: 17 October 2006, Lot 16; sold to MFA Boston. (Accession Date: December 13, 2006)
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