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tasteful nudes
May 1, 2014

Grace Coddington’s Favorite Nudes of All Time

By Isabel Wilkinson

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Photo: Antonio Lopez

Grace Coddington may be known best for her ability to put clothes onto people, but a new exhibition she’s curated on the online auction site Paddle8 shows she’s quite talented at the whole getting undressed thing, too. No Clothes, a sale of 35 nude works she’s curated, goes on sale today through May 16. And it’s a visual feast: There are pieces by modern masters (including a linocut by Matisse) and graceful photographs from the likes of Bruce Weber, Mario Testino, and Peter Lindbergh. After all, nudity is, in itself, a canvas. “Every picture starts off naked,” Coddington says. “The model is naked, the hair is undone, the set is naked — and this is the starting point of the creative process.” Click through our slideshow for highlights of the sale, from Drew Barrymore by Ellen Von Unwerth, Madonna by Herb Ritts — and even Coddington herself wrapped in palm leaves.

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Antonio Lopez Grace.
Herb Ritts Madonna II, San Pedro, 1990.
Ellen von Unwerth Drew Barrymore, 1995.
Mario Testino Natalia Vodianova Cannes, 2007.
Craig McDean Kate, 2005. Photo: © Craig McDean
Edward Weston Nude Floating (Charis) (N39-C-2), 1939.
Ryan McGinley Susanna (Tall Grass), 2014.
Arthur Elgort  Gia, Fire Island Pines, 1980.
Juergen Teller Paradis XIV, 2009. Photo: © 2009 Juergen Teller, all rights reserved
Bruce Weber Bruce Hulse.
Laurie Simmons The Love Doll/Day 29 (Nude with Dog), 2011.
Peter Lindbergh Cordula Reyer Camargue, France, 1993.
Steven Meisel Kristen at the Ritz, 1993. Photo: Coloredge/© Steven Meisel
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