SUMO.

NEWTON, Helmut.

$8,800.00

Item Number: 119780

Monte Carlo: Taschen, 1999.

Signed limited edition of this landmark in the field of photography. Elephant folio, original cloth, illustrated throughout, original publisher’s  stand. Signed by Helmut Newton on the title page. Edited by June Newton, supported with a Philippe Starck bookstand, and containing over 400 images, it covers every aspect of Newton’s outstanding career, chronicling his groundbreaking fashion photography, definitive nudes, and celebrity portraiture. With the original shipping box. An exceptional example.

“Of all the thousands of iconic books produced by TASCHEN, their greatest accomplishment is photographer Helmut Newton’s Sumo. The sheer size and scale was an achievement in itself as it is the largest and most expensive book of the 20th century. In order to produce such a book, one needs vision and courage, not to mention the technical side of manufacturing and marketing" (Michael Chow).