Madonna is continuing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her infamous 1992 coffee table book ‘SEX’ with a Christie’s auction of select photos from the sessions.

Opening on October 6 in New York, over 40 of the iconic book’s photographs will be auctioned in editions of one. 

“Ahead of the auction a curated selection of photographs will be on view,” from May 23 to July 6, according to the auction website.

At the time of its release, ‘SEX’ was met with much controversy for its NSFW content, but over the decades has become an integral part of the Queen of Pop’s creative history. 

Darius Himes, Christie’s deputy chairman and international head of photographs, shared: “The much-deserved hype and white-hot energy given off by Madonna in the early 1990s was conveyed and immortalised through Steven Meisel’s photographs. He knew how to capture the allure and sexuality of pop’s reigning queen in a way that was unrivalled. 

‘In the intervening 30 years since her infamous ‘SEX’ book was released — shot exclusively in collaboration with Meisel — what has become clear is how truly iconic those photographs remain. 

“They sit at a moment in art history of the late 20th century that both summarises a moment, playful and prescient, and hints at the future of public stardom driven by image-conscious figures. These images are nothing short of brilliant.”