HORST P. HORST
Horst P. Horst: “George Hoyningen-Huene - Gelatin silver print, 1934 - 14-3/8 x 18-1/2 inches - With Horst’s signature in pencil, recto, and a copyright stamp, verso - Printed later - Horst P. Horst, best known for his extraordinary fashion photographs and portraits, can be considered one of the master photographers of the 20th century. He is the first photographer to have had an exhibition at the Louvre, and in 1984 he was given a retrospective exhibition at the International Center of Photography in New York, which then traveled to Montreal, Venice, Florence, and London. During the 1930s Horst made numerous highly regarded portraits of prominent personalities of the time such as Marlene Dietrich, Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. This large-format 1934 portrait is of the photographer George Hoyningen-Huene, who was an important early influence on Horst.