- Design Credit: Samantha Todhunter Design Ltd., Photo Credit: Oliver Clarke. Dimensions: H 27.56 in. x W 39.38 in.
- Design Credit: Lucy Harris Studio, Photo Credit: Francesco Bertocci. Dimensions: H 27.56 in. x W 39.38 in.
- Design Credit: Timothy Godbold, Photo Credit: Karl Simone. Dimensions: H 27.56 in. x W 39.38 in.
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Ellen von UnwerthNecklace

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- CreatorEllen von Unwerth (1954, German)
- DimensionsHeight: 27.56 in. (70 cm)Width: 39.38 in. (100 cm)
- Period
- Condition3 different sizes and editions available.
- Gallery LocationVienna, AT
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU1931766063
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- ShippingShips From: Vienna, Austria
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About the Artist
Ellen von Unwerth
Ellen von Unwerth is a director and photographer whose bold and erotic images of women have left an indelible mark on the visual landscape of the fashion world.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, von Unwerth was a model in Paris for nearly a decade before turning to photography. Her 1989 images of Claudia Schiffer for a Guess jeans campaign, echoing the playfully feminine style of 1950s pinups, earned both Schiffer and von Unwerth wide attention. Over the years, her work has been featured regularly in magazines like Interview, Vanity Fair, Vogue, I-D and The Face, appearing on covers and in both editorial and commercial contexts. In 1991, she won first prize at the International Festival of Fashion Photography.
Von Unwerth’s 1995 photoshoot of Drew Barrymore for Playboy magazine is among her most popular work and, coupled with an array of album covers for such artists as Janet Jackson and Britney Spears, gave her standing as a celebrity photographer beyond the borders of the fashion world. Von Unwerth’s pictures have a distinctive look and feel, with saturated colors and dense compositions, while also, in certain cases, paying homage to great photographers of the 20th century.
The 2015 Tree of Love, Bavaria, in which a nude model reclines inside the heart-shaped hollow of an enormous decaying trunk, recalls Edward Weston’s sensuous use of the body’s geometry in his compositions. And the dramatically lit Tic Tac Toe from 2010, showing a scantily clad woman posing on a city street at night, evokes Helmut Newton’s atmospheric photograph of a model wearing Yves St. Laurent’s Le Smoking jacket, shot for French Vogue in 1975.
Von Unwerth has published several books of her photographs, including Revenge, in 2003, and Fräulein, in 2009. Those volumes have been joined by one showcasing the photos of her series “Heimat,” in which she playfully combines visual tropes of traditional Bavarian life with her signature eroticism and wit. She is represented by several dealers, including the Staley-Wise Gallery, in New York, and Galerie Trabant, in Kitzbühel, Austria.
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- Morning Beauty (Claudia Schiffer)By Ellen von UnwerthLocated in Vienna, ATA portrait of this famous supermodel with open blond long hair- posing in front of a window, covered with a pink curtain. Ellen von Unwerth is one of the most famous and influential ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color Photography
Price Upon Request - Morning Beauty (Claudia Schiffer)By Ellen von UnwerthLocated in Vienna, ATNude picture of supermodel Claudia Schiffer in Brigitte Bardot look, holding a pink curtain. Ellen von Unwerth is one of the most famous and influential photographers in the world. ...Category
Late 20th Century Color Photography
Price Upon Request - Anna NassBy Ellen von UnwerthLocated in Vienna, ATEllen von Unwerth was born in 1954 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and currently lives in Paris, Berlin und New York. Ellen von Unwerth is one of the most famous and influential ph...Price Upon Request
- On the Horse - from the Heimat seriesBy Ellen von UnwerthLocated in Vienna, ATPicture of three models in short leather trousers with a horse in Bavaria, Germany, in front of a traditional house. PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fi...Category
2010s Color Photography
Price Upon Request - Untitled - colorful portrait of a model from behind wearing a corsetBy Ellen von UnwerthLocated in Vienna, ATUntitled - colorful portrait of a model from behind wearing a corset PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most famous c...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
- Garden of EdenBy Ellen von UnwerthLocated in Vienna, ATColorful portrait of a cheeky couple in a tree with red apples in a garden. PREISS FINE ARTS is one of the world’s leading galleries for fine art photography representing the most f...Category
2010s Color Photography
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