Lot Essay
On November 1st 1976 Helmut Newton's New York agent Bob Fischer invoiced Xavier Coiffures of 7 West 57th Street for a 'One day location shooting at Xavier Coiffures, Inc. in black and white with models Winnie [Hollman] and Patti Hansen'. On November 10th Newton wrote to Xavier: 'Here are the photos. I hope you like them. One day, when you don't need the negative of the 2 half nude girls under the drier anymore, I'd love to have it back here in Paris as I'd like to use it in my next book....I think it looks very "New York".'