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Helmut Newton, Iman, American Vogue, Hotel Negresco, Nice, 1989
© Helmut Newton Estate
Helmut Newton, Fashion Yves Saint Laurent, Père Lachaise, Paris, 1977
© Helmut Newton Estate
Helmut Newton, Elizabeth Taylor, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles, 1989
© Helmut Newton Estate
Mark Arbeit, Shoe #2, Homage to Helmut Newton, 2018
© Mark Arbeit
George Holz, Nicole Stark, 2018
© George Holz
George Holz, Madonna, Hollywood, 1983
© George Holz
Just Loomis, Vinyl Eyes, Galliano, Paris 2004
© Just Loomis
Just Loomis, Vinyl Eyes, Galliano, Paris 2004 © Just Loomis
Helmut Newton, Jerry Hall, American Vogue, Miami, Florida, 1974
© Helmut Newton Estate
Helmut Newton, Fashion Yves Saint Laurent, French, Vogue, Paris, 1979
© Helmut Newton Estate
Helmut Newton, Monte Carlo, 1994
© Helmut Newton Estate

Twenty years ago in 1999, TASCHEN published its first monumental art book: Helmut Newton’s SUMO. It came out on the market in the exceptionally large format of 70 x 50 cm, in a print run of 10,000 copies, all personally signed by the photographer, and was delivered with a metal stand designed by Philippe Starck. Later, a copy of SUMO that had been signed by numerous celebrities at a charity auction would become the most expensive book of the 20th century.

Ten years ago in 2009, the Helmut Newton Foundation staged an unusual yet compelling exhibition dedicated to this legendary publication: all 460 pages of the book hung framed on the wall, side by side, in three rows one above the other. Exhibition visitors were literally able to see everything at once. This made it possible for them to draw immediate comparisons between more 400 iconic images by Helmut Newton, from the genres of fashion, portraiture, and nudes in black-and-white and colour.

Now, a decade later and 20 years after its creation, SUMO will once again be presented at the Helmut Newton Foundation. At this exhibition in Berlin as in the book, we encounter Newton’s famous Big Nudes, fashion shots for various editions of Vogue, Elle, Stern, and Vanity Fair, as well as portraits of famous actresses and artists, such as Liz Taylor, Jodie Foster, Salvador Dalí, and Andy Warhol.

Newton’s SUMO exhibition is complemented by an expanded reprise of the “Three Boys from Pasadena”. Ten years ago, the works of three of Newton’s former assistants – Mark Arbeit, George Holz, and Just Loomis – were featured all together in one of the foundation’s exhibition rooms. For this new exhibition, each of these American photographers will have a dedicated space for his unique and multifaceted oeuvre.

For the first time on public display is the exquisite private photo collection of Helmut and June Newton, which has recently come into the care of the Helmut Newton Foundation. In “June’s Room” – parallel to SUMO and Three Boys from Pasadena – there are now over 50 valuable vintage prints in their original frames.

These include portraits by August Sander, Brassaï, Ralph Gibson, Mary Ellen Mark, Irving Penn, and George Hurrell; nudes by Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Frantisek Drtikol, Diane Arbus, and Chris von Wangenheim; fashion photos by Horst P. Horst, George Hoyningen-Huene, and Richard Avedon; and landscapes by Franco Fontana and Peter Beard. In short, this is a selection of the most important photographers of the 20th century.

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