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| Photo courtesy Christie's Images LTD, 2007 |
| Click photo to see the Kate Moss London Auction photos. |
She's appeared on over 300 magazine covers, been the focus of attention for hordes of paparazzi, not to mention the subject of various scandal over her weight and drug use. But now Kate Moss is something else: A certified art world icon.
On May 31, a selection of four well known images of Moss sold at Christie's in London for a total of £183,000, or $366,841. The top selling lot was a series of six daguerreotypes of a nude Moss by the artist Chuck Close, which went for £84,000, or $166, 194. The images were originally made for a tribute to Moss that appeared in W magazine in 2003.
A 1993 photograph by British photographer Corrine Day, who is often given credit for turning Moss into a supermodel, sold for £6,600, or $13,058. The image, titled "Kate at Home," was considered controversial because it depicted the then 19-year-old model as a representative of the fashion movement known as "heroin chic."
A 96 x 72-inch print of a photograph of Moss by Albert Watson, made in Marrakech in 1993, sold for £54,000, or $106,000. That was more than five times the pre-sale low estimate.
And a platinum print by Irving Penn of his image "Kate Moss (Hand on Neck)" sold for £38,000, or $75,183.
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