Herb Ritts
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"Naomi Seated, Hollywood, 1991"
Signed Herb Ritts and numbered 13/25 verso. Gelatin silver print mounted on cardboard, image 56 x 43 cm. Sheet 60 x 48 cm.
Provenance
Christies, London, Photographs, 15 May 2013, lot 58.
Christina & Claes Lindquist Collection.
Exhibitions
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, “NAOMI: In Fashion”, 2024, 22 June - 6 April 2025, another example exhibited.
Falsterbo Photo Art Museum, Falsterbo.
Fotografiska, Stockholm, "Herb Ritts - In Full Light", 20 November 2014 - 14 March 2015, another example exhibited.
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, "Herb Ritts", 11 December 1999 - 12 March 2000, another example exhibited.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Herb Ritts: Work", 22 October 1996 - 9 February 1997, another example exhibited.
Literature
Edward Enninful e.a, “NAOMI: In Fashion”, 2024, illustrated.
Paul Martineau, "Herb Ritts: L.A. Style", 2012 illustrated p. 39.
Herb Ritts, "Herb Ritts", exhibiton catalogue Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, 2000, illustrated.
Herb Ritts, "Herb Ritts: Work", 1996, illustrated.
More information
Recently, the exhibition “NAOMI: In Fashion” took place at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, from 22 June 2024 to 6 April 2025. The exhibition features this photograph by Herb Ritts, which has been used in the museum's marketing and on social media, as well as the leopard-print outfit designed by Alaïa that Naomi is wearing in the image. The museum describes the exhibition as the first of its kind:
“Naomi Campbell is a phenomenon. Still very much at the top of her game after nearly four decades in the fashion industry, news of her trailblazing work, both on and off the catwalk, continues to hit the front pages as she pushes the boundaries of the fashion world. Inspiring, creative, energetic and most definitely iconic, Campbell stands apart as a unique force. […]
This exhibition showcases over 100 items that trace Naomi Campbell's life through clothes, offering a visual history of fashion spanning her four-decade career. On display is a leopard-print knitwear bodysuit from Alaïa’s autumn/winter 1991 ready-to-wear collection, famously captured in a photograph by Herb Ritts in 1991 for Interview magazine.”