ART MARKET WATCH
Dec. 22, 2008Can Erotica Save the Art Market?Girls, girls, girls. Can erotica save the art market? The answer would seem to be "yes" based on the results of the three-session sale at
Christie’s New York of the
Constantiner Collection of photographs, Dec. 16-17, 2008. Assembled by New York art patrons
Leon and Michaela Constantiner, the collection focuses on glamour, and includes photographs of high fashion models, often in states of undress, as well as a large selection of images of
Marilyn Monroe and an assortment of erotic fashion shots by
Helmut Newton. Other photographers in the collection include
Richard Avedon,
Guy Bourdin,
Irving Penn and
Herb Ritts.
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