No clothes : An auction curated by Grace Coddington

EDWARD WESTON
Nude Floating (Charis) (N39-C-2), 1939, Printed later by Cole Weston
Gelatin Silver Print
9.375 x 7.375 in (23.81 x 18.73 cm)
Framed
Signed, titled, dated and numbered N39-C-2 by Cole Weston in pencil on the reverse of the mount. Negative by Edward Weston (facsimile signature) stamp on the reverse of the mount
Estimate $7,000 – $10,000

Grace Coddington , the irreplaceable creative director of American Vogue, is famous for her ability to dress models and celebrities for the famous photo spreads that appear in the iconic fashion magazine . And it turns out that the reverse it’s not worse.

Coddington has prepared a collection of 35 nude images of the most famous fashion photographers, united under the name ‘No Clothes’ , for online auction site Paddle8. It includes drawings, for example, one of the most famous is the nude by Matisse, but also images of models and celebrities (including shots of Madonna and Drew Barrymore) by Bruce Weber , Ellen von Unwerth , Mario Testino , Peter Lindbergh, and among them, here there are pictures of the Grace herself.

“Every picture starts off naked,” Coddington explains. “The model is naked, the hair is undone, the set is naked, and this is the starting point of the creative process.”

On paddle8.com you can admire and auction the images selected by the famous fashion editor until May 16, 2014.

1. HENRI MATISSE
Nu au Bracelet, 1940
Original linocut on wove pape
12.6 x 9.6 in (32 x 24.38 cm)
From the later edition (aside from the signed edition of 50)
Chop mark of Chalcographie du Louvre lower right
Estimate $1,500 – $2,000
2. HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON
Trieste, Italy (Leonor Fini), 1933
Gelatin silver print
14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
Framed
Signed lower right hand margin in ink
Estimate $20,000 – $25,000

TIM WALKER
Kate Moss sprouting wild flowers, Hampstead, London, 2012
Photograph
140 x 100 cm (55.12 x 39.37 in)
Estimate $20,000 – $30,000

1.ELLEN VON UNWERTH
Drew Barrymore, 1995
Gelatin silver print
24 x 20 in (60.96 x 50.8 cm)
Edition of 15
Estimate $8,000 – $12,000
2.ARTHUR ELGORT
Kristin McMenamy, Paris, German Vogue, 1994, 1994
Silver gelatin print
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Edition of 30
Signed
Estimate $5,000 – $7,000

MARIO TESTINO
Natalia Vodianova Cannes, 2007
Digitally produced fibre based silver gelatin print
53 x 41 in (134.62 x 104.14 cm)
Framed
Edition of 5
Signed
Estimate $35,000 – $40,000