{"product_id":"the-monocle-years-karl-lagerfeld","title":"The Monocle Years (Karl Lagerfeld)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fpa-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eThe Monocle Years (Karl Lagerfeld)\u003c\/h1\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003eVintage silver gelatin print, 20 × 24 in. Paris, 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eNewton's 1973 portrait of Karl Lagerfeld catches the designer in the period before his later uniform became fixed in public memory: the monocle, the gaze, the cultivated self-invention already in place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eLagerfeld was never only a designer in front of Newton's camera. He was a constructed image, a figure who understood fashion as persona as much as clothing. Newton's portrait isolates that theatrical intelligence without overplaying it: the face, the monocle, the controlled distance between subject and viewer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eLagerfeld on himself:\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cblockquote class=\"pullquote\"\u003eI am like a caricature of myself, and I like that.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe photograph belongs to Newton's broader world of fashion figures treated not as celebrities, but as characters who understood the power of being seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eCollection Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eEvery photograph is accompanied by full documentation verifying its authenticity and origin within the authorized Newton Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"meta\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/provenance-authentication\"\u003eProvenance \u0026amp; Authentication\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Helmut Newton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48414183981281,"sku":"HN-2024-LAGERFELD","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/files\/HN-2024-LAGERFELD.jpg?v=1779888720","url":"https:\/\/www.finephoto.art\/products\/the-monocle-years-karl-lagerfeld","provider":"FinePhoto.Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}