Kate Moss Nude photos for Sale

Nude photographs of Kate Moss will be sold at an auction next month among a series of other pictures of the British model, Christie's auctioneers said. The photos will be auctioned in London on May 31.Two nude portraits, a 1996 print by Irving Penn and a two-metre square image by Albert Watson, are expected to sell for about £22,000 ($52,500) and £15,000 respectively, the auctioneer said. A set of six prints of the model without make-up, by Chuck Close, could sell for up to £20,000, Christie's said. An unpublished photograph, being sold by one of Moss's friends, is expected to sell for £6000. The portrait, taken by photographer Corinne Day in 1990, was shot in London two years after Moss was discovered at a New York airport at age 14. Another shot taken by Day in 1993 for Vogue magazine, which features a 19-year-old Moss, is expected to sell for £7000. The Vogue shoot helped propel the grunge movement into the mainstream and launch the infamous "heroin chic" look in the 1990s. Yuka Yamaji, head of photography for the auction house, called Moss "a cultural icon and arguably the most influential model of our day".