Vintage 1944 Original HORST P. HORST 8x10 STAMPED fashion PHOTO VOGUE
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Artist: Horst P. HorstSubject: Fashion (unknown designer)Signed or stamped: Stamped on back by Conde-Nast Publications.Type of print: vintage silver gelatin print - double weight fiber. The print is from 1944.Condition: Very good condition. There are two pieces of white art tape on the back, as if it may have been hinged at some point. See photo.Paper size: 8 x 10-inchesBiography of Horst:Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann, who chose to be known as Horst P. Horst, was born on 14 August 1906 in Weiβenfels-an-der-Saale, Germany. After an encounter with dancer Evan Weidemann during his adolescent years, Horst found an interest in avant-garde art. After studying at Hamburg in late 1920s, he soon moved to Paris and was taught by architect Le Corbusier. During his time in Paris, Horst became close with Vogue photographer Baron George Hoyningen-Huene; Horst became his lover and photographic assistant, soon his interests swayed from architecture towards photography.The first pictures that carried a Horst credit line appeared in the December 1931 issue of French Vogue . It was a full-page advertisement showing a model in black velvet holding a Klytia scent bottle in one hand while elegantly raising the other. Horst's true breakthrough as a fashion photographer came about in 1932; Horst had his first exhibition at La Plume D'Or in Paris, and British
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