ID 920202
Lot 110 | HERB RITTS (1952–2002)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
Backflip, Paradise Cove, 1987
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated and numbered '5/7' in ink (verso); credited, titled, dated and numbered on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
overall framed: 56 1/2 x 47 x 1 1/2 in. (143.5 x 119.3 x 3.8 cm.)
This work is number five from an edition of seven, plus three artist's proofs.
Provenance
Private Collection, United Kingdom;
Phillips de Pury & Company, London, November 8, 2012, lot 34;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Herb Ritts, Herb Ritts, Pictures, Twin Palm, Santa Fe, 1988, pl. 84.
Trevor Fairbrother et al., Herb Ritts: Work, Bulfinch Press, Boston, 1996, pl. 2.
Herb Ritts, The Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Thames & Hudson, London, 1999, pl. 4.
Charles Churchward et al., Herb Ritts: The Golden Hour: A Photographer's Life and His World, Rizzoli, New York, 2010, p. 301.
Exhibition catalogue, Herb Ritts: L.A. Style, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2012, pl. 19, p. 48.
Herb Ritts: In Full Light, Contrasto, Rome, 2014, cover, p. 4.
Herb Ritts: In Equilibrio, Contrasto, Rome, 2016, p. 5.
| Artist: | Herb Ritts (1952 - 2002) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | Herb Ritts (1952 - 2002) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
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