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This is not Nivea.
There was no glossy budget, no perfect retouching, no advertising department smoothing every curve into submission. It is not slimmer, not shinier, not cosmetically flawless — and that is precisely why it matters.

What you see here is a darkroom-born object, made at scale and difficulty that few printers would dare attempt. At 58 × 44 cm visible image (mount 70cm tall by 50cm wide), this is a large, awkward, technically demanding format for an analogue print — especially one that has been toned, handled, lived with, and allowed to age honestly. The surface bears its history: fine scratches, marks, traces of process. Not damage — evidence.

The image itself is quietly audacious. A nude reduced to form, shadow and suggestion; a body turning away, refusing spectacle while becoming it. The echo of Man Ray’s Violon d’Ingres is unmistakable — but this is not homage by imitation. This is a photographer working with light, chemistry and time, letting imperfection speak louder than polish.

Yes, it’s not as “pretty.”
Yes, it’s not perfectly presented.
And yet — it is far more compelling.

This is photography as object, not reproduction. A moment when the image passed through the photographer’s hands, through trays and toners, before the world decided everything should be clean, flat and endlessly repeatable.

If you win this auction, you won’t just own a photograph.
You’ll become the custodian of a singular moment in photographic history — one that could never be replicated, reprinted, or convincingly faked.

Man Ray, Violon d’Ingres — eat your heart out.

Gelatin-silver print - Signed - Unique edition in this big size - 1986

Michael Joseph (1941-) - Nude on upturned bucket

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2020+

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Nude

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Alberto Korda (1928–2001)

Tessa Posthuma de Boer

Bert Stern (1929–2013)

Elena Paraskeva

Ben Dauchez

Téber

Malick Sidibé (1935–2016)

Arnold Mariashin

Frank Machalowski

Tony Frank (1941–)

Stefanie Schneider

Jorge Omeñaca

Fabian Kimmel

Dominik Valvo

Tatiana Cardellicchio

Andre Lichtenberg

Inna Etuvgi

Maurizio Galimberti (1956–)

Rouzbeh Tahmassian

Franco Turcati

Larry Clark (1943–)

Marcus Cederberg

Mario Giacomelli (1925–2000)

Viet Ha Tran

Alina Lebedeva

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Guy Marineau (1947–) - Yves Saint Laurent et Bianca Jagger

C-Print - Signed - August 15

Jean-Pierre Fizet (1942–2018) - Alain Delon et Jean Pierre Melville

Other - Stamped

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Manfred Linus Kreiner - JFK investiture 1961

Gelatin-silver print - Stamped

Malick Sidibé (1935–2016) - Jeune fille au studio - Vintage unique - 1975

Gelatin-silver print - Plate signed - 2000

Gabriele Basilico (1944–2013) - Beirut

C-Print - Hand signed - 2/30

Jack Burlot - Serge Gainsbourg et Brigitte Bardot "Comic Strip"

Gelatin-silver print - Stamped - 1959

Alberto Korda (1928–2001) - Unseen Private Revolution Parade Raul Castro speech Cuban Commander, 1959

Digital print - Hand signed

Karen Mason Blair - Kurt Cobain - Live At Paramount - 1991

Digital print, Giclée - Hand signed - Artist Studio Edition 2/25 - 2026

Tessa Posthuma de Boer - Magnolia no.2

Digital print - Hand signed - 1/10 - 2025

Carlotta Baldazzi - La sposa liquefatta

C-Print - Hand signed - 3/10 - 1978

Andy Sweet (1953 - 1982) - Brothers in Arms, Miami Beach

Giclée - Hand signed - Limited Edition 1 of 25 - 2026

Bruno Paolo Benedetti - New Dimension, Gateway in the Forest

Digital print - Not signed

Oumou Traoré - Autoportraits en blanc - 4 photos - 2024

Digital print - Hand signed - 12/20

Frank Machalowski - Strasbourg

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