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2092

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

Weißenfels 1906 – 1999 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Carmen 'Face Massage', New York. 1946

Later gelatin silver print. 45 × 35,6 cm (50,5 × 40,4 cm) (17 ¾ × 14 in. (19 ⅞ × 15 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Horst P. Horst (i.e. Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann). Carmen 'Face Massage', New York. 1946.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 5,000

USD 3,530

 

- 5,880

Sold for:

4,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2020

Photography, Wednesday, 02.12.2020

Information

Later gelatin silver print. 45 × 35,6 cm (50,5 × 40,4 cm) (17 ¾ × 14 in. (19 ⅞ × 15 ⅞ in.)). Blindstamp of the photographer in the margin lower right. Signed in pencil, as well as dated, titled, inscribed and numbered by various hands in pencil on the reverse. Gallery label with printed work information on the reverse of the frame. Framed

British Vogue, June 1946, p. 67 (there variation with the image title: "Facial Characteristics“, and signature: "What good is a new hat without good facial characteristics – clear skin, clear tones, clear outlines?“) / Horst. Photographien aus sechs Jahrzehnten. Munich 1995, pl. 80 (there titled: Advertisement with Carmen) / Susanna Brown (ed.): Horst. Photographer of Style. London 2014, p. 307, pl. 284 / exh. cat.: Icons of Style. A Century of Fashion Photography. Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018, p. 145, pl. 87

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