Iconic fashion images from Christie's photographs sale

Pictures by Herb Ritts and Horst P. Horst, as well as legendary subjects such as Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot feature in Christie's latest photographs auction.

 V.O.G.U.E, N.Y, posed by Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, photographed by Horst P. Horst.
Signed, titled and dated in pencil, estimate: £4,000 - £6,000.

The prints go on sale on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at Christie's South Kensington.
Brigitte Bardot: The Towel Session, by Sam Levin, 1959.
This signed print from 1970 is expected to sell for £600 - £800.

 Brigitte Bardot: The Chair Session, by Sam Levin, 1967.
Estimate: £600 - £800.

 Designer Coco Chanel by Horst P. Horst, 1937.
Estimate for this signed gelatin print: £4,000 - £6,000.

 Madonna (at window), New York, by Herb Ritts, 1986.
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000.

 

Mainbocher corset, by Horst P. Horst, 1939.
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000. 

 Marilyn Monroe, for LIFE magazine, by Ed Clark, 1950.
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500.

 Paco Rabanne fashion, by Jean Clemmer, 1969.
Estimate: £700 - £900.

 Marilyn Monroe by André de Dienes, 1945.
Estimate £800 - £1,200.

 

 First of three images by Helmut Newton: 'Sailing fashion', 1960s.
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000. 

 Antonia and Simone, barber shop, by William Klein, 1961.
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000.

 

Second of three images by Helmut Newton: 'Sailing fashion', 1960s.
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000. 

 

 Third of three images by Helmut Newton: 'Sailing fashion', 1960s.
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000.

The Young Look in the Theatre, by Norman Parkinson, 1953.
Estimate: £800 - £1,200.

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