Skip to Main Content

The Art of Carla Bruni

Will President Sarkozy bid? A nude photograph of his wife, former model Carla Bruni, is on the block at the spring auction at the Berlin auction house Villa Grisebach Auktionen later this week. The French first lady was photographed by Pamela Hanson in 1994. On June 4, one of the 10 numbered prints will presumably be sold, with the bidding starting at $3,380. VIEW OUR GALLERY.

Published Jun. 2 2009 2:22PM EDT

galleries/2009/06/02/the-art-of-carla-bruni/carla-bruni-9_rhzew6 — Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin

galleries/2009/06/02/the-art-of-carla-bruni/carla-bruni-9_ezrabv — Will President Sarkozy bid? A nude photograph of his wife, former model Carla Bruni, is on the block at the spring auction at the Berlin auction house Villa Grisebach Auktionen later this week. The French first lady was photographed by Pamela Hanson in 1994. On June 4, one of the 10 numbered prints will presumably be sold, with the bidding starting at $3,380.
Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin

galleries/2009/06/02/the-art-of-carla-bruni/carla-bruni-1_wcmdrx — Photographed by Andrea Blanch, 1995.
Andrea Blanch / Getty Images

galleries/2009/06/02/the-art-of-carla-bruni/carla-bruni-7_mfa0jp — Photographed by Andrea Blanch, 1995.
Andrea Blanch / Getty Images

galleries/2009/06/02/the-art-of-carla-bruni/carla-bruni-5_uhmau8 — Wearing a piece from Jean Paul Gaultier's Fringe Bikini collection in 1997.
Chris Moore, Catwalking / Getty Images

galleries/2009/06/02/the-art-of-carla-bruni/carla-bruni-4_cwhqsh — Walking the runway at a Christian Lacroix fashion show (circa 1995) in Paris.
Eric Ryan / Getty Images

galleries/2009/06/02/the-art-of-carla-bruni/carla-bruni-3_mnrtym — On the catwalks at the YSL fashion show during Fashion Week 1996 in Paris.
Eric Ryan / Getty Images

galleries/2009/06/02/the-art-of-carla-bruni/carla-bruni-6_tnmhmd — At a YSL fashion show (circa 1996) in Paris.
Eric Ryan / Getty Images

galleries/2009/06/02/the-art-of-carla-bruni/carla-bruni-8_yhffiw — Preparing for the Valentino spring/summer 1995 show at Paris Fashion Week, 1994.
Charlotte Macpherson / Retna Ltd.

galleries/2009/06/02/the-art-of-carla-bruni/carla-bruni-2_pbs14o — At the Chanel Summer 1994 Fashion Collections in Paris.
Arna, Garcia / Retna Ltd.

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.