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Horst P. Horst (i.e. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann)

Weißenfels 1906 – 1999 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Mainbocher Corset, Paris. 1939

Gelatin silver print, printed later. 45,3 × 34,2 cm (50,5 × 40,3 cm) (17 ⅞ × 13 ½ in. (19 ⅞ × 15 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Horst P. Horst (i.e. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann). Mainbocher Corset, Paris. 1939.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Horst P. Horst (i.e. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann). Mainbocher Corset, Paris. 1939.
This picture shows the following artwork: Horst P. Horst (i.e. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann). Mainbocher Corset, Paris. 1939.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Horst P. Horst (i.e. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann). Mainbocher Corset, Paris. 1939.
This picture shows the following artwork: Horst P. Horst (i.e. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann). Mainbocher Corset, Paris. 1939.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Horst P. Horst (i.e. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann). Mainbocher Corset, Paris. 1939.
This picture shows the following artwork: Horst P. Horst (i.e. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann). Mainbocher Corset, Paris. 1939.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Horst P. Horst (i.e. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann). Mainbocher Corset, Paris. 1939.

Estimate:

EUR 4,600

 

- 5,600

Sold for:

5,842 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 760

Sunday, 29.03.2026, 6:00 PM

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Gelatin silver print, printed later. 45,3 × 34,2 cm (50,5 × 40,3 cm) (17 ⅞ × 13 ½ in. (19 ⅞ × 15 ⅞ in.)). Blindstamp of the photographer in the margin lower right. Signed in pencil on the reverse as well as dated: "Aug. 11, 1939" and titled in pencil by another hand. Dimension of frame: 67,4 x 55,3 x 3 cm. [2010]

Condition Report: In very good condition. Satin finish paper. Side edges in the margin minimally undulated

Valentine Lawford (ed.): Horst. His work and his world. New York 1984, p. 184 / Exh. cat.: Horst. Munich, Stadtmuseum; Bremen, Kunsthalle; Frankfurt, Fotografie Forum; Zurich, Nikon Live Galerie; Hamburg, Museum for Kunst und Gewerbe, 1987/88, p. 28 / Exh. cat.: Horst P. Horst. Cologne, Museum Ludwig; Weißenfels, Schloss Neu-Augustusburg; et al., 1992, p. 109 / Richard J. Horst-Tardiff and Lothar Schirmer (ed.): Horst. Photographien aus sechs Jahrzehnten. Munich et.al., 1995, pl. 8 / Exh. cat.: Horst. Magier des Lichts – Magician of Light. Halle, Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg et al. 1997, p. 55 / Exh. cat.: Horst P. Horst. Photographer of Style. London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2014/15, p. 77 / Exh. cat.: Icons of Style. A Century of Fashion Photography. Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018, p. 125, pl. 69 / Exh. cat.: Horst P. Horst, style and glamour. Turin, CAMERA, Centro italiano per la fotografia, 2021, p. 77 (there caption: Mainbocher Corset, corset by Detolle, modelled by Madame Bernon, Paris)

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