Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6

Horst P. Horst 'Electric Beauty', 'Blanche Grady, ' Paris, 1939

About the Item

Horst P. Horst (German/American 1906-1999) Title 'Electric Beauty', (Blanche Grady), Paris, 1939. Signed in Pencil. Edition 5 of 10. Platinum Print Reference #153 John Corkin Gallery label au verso Image size: 20" x 16" Frame size: 29" x 24" Biography: Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann, who chose to be known as Horst P. Horst, was born on 14 August 1906 in Weißenfels-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 Vogue printed three fashion studies and a full-page portrait of the daughter of Sir James Dunn, the art patron and supporter of Surrealism in the March 1932 issue. In New York 1937 Horst met Coco Chanel; he went on to photograph her creations for over three decades. At this time he also found himself photographing a succession of well-known personalities - the first of two celebrity series - including Elsa Schiaparelli, Bette Davis, Noël Coward, Lisa Fonssagrives, Cole Porter and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor along others. These portraits occasionally lack the formal perfection of his fashion work, but successfully depict the desperate vivacity that marked the time between the wars. Horst would set his models under artificial lights, against plain or geometric backgrounds, with fastidious precision. This evolved into a more ornamental approach, setting him apart from Vogue's other principal photographers of the 1930s - Edward Steichen and Cecil Beaton - and ultimately becoming his unmistakeable style. The arrangement of the furnishings, fabrics and lighting within his compositions create atmospheric silhouettes, giving rise to an enigmatic ambience. War was declared between America and Germany on 7 December 1941. Horst applied for American citizenship, and was called up for service, though he was not officially enrolled until July 1943. He became an Army photographer, which amongst other subjects involved taking pictures of the US President Harry S. Truman. Horst's time in Europe during the 1950s produced work with interestingly new en plein air characteristics; this could be attributed by the freedom he found away from the interferences of the Vogue offices. 1961 saw the appointment of Diana Vreeland as Editor of Vogue. This proved advantageous to Horst, he soon saw high-profile assignments come his way, and produced some of his most dynamic work. In February 1980 a number of Horst's works were shown in Life magazine; this became the most popular issue that year. This platform led to the publication of the book Return Engagement: Faces to Remember - Then and Now (1984) and a strengthened relationship with Life's editor and co-author James Watters.Horst's career was cemented in history in 1990 when pop musician Madonna recreated the photographer's most iconic images in her music video Vogue, directed by David Fincher. Horst died in 1999 aged 93, while at home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA.
  • Creator:
    Horst P. Horst (Photographer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1939
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Hamilton, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1355214138821
More From This SellerView All
  • Andre Kertesz 'Montmarte', Paris, 1963
    By Andre Kertesz
    Located in Hamilton, Ontario
    Andre Kertesz (Hungarian/American 1894-1985) Title: 'Montmarte', Paris, 1963 Gelatin silver print Signed in ink titled, dated '10-31-63' in artists hand in ink au verso 'Cork...
    Category

    20th Century Unknown Photography

  • Michael Kenna 'Trees-Richmond-Surrey-England', 1975
    By Michael Kenna 1
    Located in Hamilton, Ontario
    Michael Kenna (American/British, born 1953) Title: Trees-Richmond-Surrey-England, 1975 Medium: Selenium tone gelatin silver print. Artist signed and dated in pencil. No. 43 of 90. Print Date: 1981. Sheet size: 6.6" x 8.5" Frame size: 16.75" x 20.75" Biography: Michael Kenna is a photographer who was born in Widnes, England, and is best known for his photographs of black-and-white landscapes. In his early years of education, he attended the Banbury School of Art, where he took up studies in painting and photography. He later became a student at the London College of Printing, where he began working as an artist and a photographer. Kenna is one of five children born to Irish-Catholic parents. Before discovering his passion for art, he aspired to enter the priesthood because of his Irish-Catholic background. Kenna moved to San Francisco in 1977. The photographer took his first trip to Japan in 1987, and he was deeply impressed by the terrain of the country. Over the years, Kenna has visited and photographed almost every part of Japan. These visits spawned the book Japan, which featured more than 95 photographs of the country. This book is one of 18 published works by Kenna. Some of his other photography collections includeMont-Saint-Michel, Montecito Garden, Hokkaido, The Rouge, and The Hound of the Baskervilles...
    Category

    20th Century English Photography

  • Weegee 'Cafe Romance', New York, 1953
    By Weegee 1
    Located in Hamilton, Ontario
    Weegee (Ukranian/American 1899-1968) Title: 'Cafe Romance', New York 1953 Gelatin silver print Signed, titled, dated in ink au verso 'Corkin Gallery' label au verso stamped "weegee the famous" au verso Image size: 11" x 13.5" Mat size: 21" x 24" Biography: Probably few policemen have seen as much violent sin as Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, did. Specializing in crime and catastrophe, Weegee’s work is regarded as some of the most powerful images of the 20th century. His profound influence on other photographers derives not only from his sensational subject matter and his use of the blinding, close-up flash, but also from his eagerness to photograph the city at all hours, at all levels: coffee shops at three in the morning, hot summer evenings in the tenements, debutante balls, parties in the street, lovers on park benches, the destitute and the lonely. No other photographer has better revealed the non-stop spectacle of life in New York City. During the 1930s and 1940s Weegee worked as a freelance news photographer in New York City, and was the first private citizen to gain access to police radio transmits. He lived across the street from Manhattan police headquarters waiting for the inevitable call that would announce another gangland execution, botched hold-up, or crime of passion. Weegee’s first book, Naked City, was a runaway success, making him an instant celebrity who suddenly had assignments from Life and Vogue. He was among the first to fully realize the camera’s unique power to capture split-second drama and exaggerated emotion. By the mid-40s, Weegee photographed...
    Category

    20th Century American Photography

  • Linda McCartney, 'Autumn', 1987
    By Linda McCartney
    Located in Hamilton, Ontario
    Linda McCartney (American 1941-1998) "Autumn" 1987 From the Sun Prints series 9.5 x 8 blue cyanotype signed on the image sheet size 14.5 x 16 matt size 15 x 18.75 used for book Sun Prints page 64 Jane Corkin gallery label on verso. Biography: Linda Louise McCartney (née Eastman) was born in Scarsdale, New York, on 24th September 1941. She graduated from Scarsdale High School, Westchester County, New York in 1960, and went on to study at the University of Arizona, where she majored in art history. Although her formal training extended to just two lessons on photography that she attended at a night school whilst studying as an art history major at the University of Arizona, the pictures by Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange and Edward Weston that she discovered there – along with her later introduction to the photography of Edward Steichen – inspired and influenced Linda’s work. Linda was also fascinated by the history of photography and honoured the early photographic pioneer William Henry Fox by producing handcrafted cyanotype prints. Linda experimented with other printing processes throughout her career as well as producing thousands of Polaroids. Linda got her first big break as a photographer while working as an editorial receptionist at Town and Country Magazine. She used an unwanted invitation to a Rolling Stones promotional party on the SS Sea Panther on the Hudson River to document the event and photograph the band. The magazine was so impressed with Linda’s candid, intimate and relaxed photographs of the Rolling Stones that they published her images in an editorial feature – her first of many magazine commissions. Linda became a professional photographer in the mid-sixties. Her pictures during this period chronicled the musical revolution of the decade. Whilst working as the house photographer at the Fillmore East in New York City she photographed many iconic musicians including; The Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, B.B. King, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, The Beach Boys, The Who, Cream, The Kinks, Traffic, The Byrds and Jimi Hendrix. Linda’s photograph of Eric Clapton for Rolling Stone magazine’s 11th May 1968 issue made her the first female photographer to have work featured on the magazine’s cover In 1967, after being named US female photographer of the year, Linda was in London to shoot an assignment on the ‘Swinging Sixties’. Linda met Paul McCartney at the Bag O’Nails Club and then again four days later at the launch of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at Brian Epstein’s house in Belgravia. A year later they married at Marylebone Registry Office, London, March 12th, 1969. After receiving credits on Paul’s solo album RAM, Linda joined Paul on stage, as keyboard player and vocalist, in Wings. Throughout her time in Wings Linda documented her travels and family life on and off stage. She went on to write and record several songs of her own, including ‘Seaside Woman’, released in 1977 through Epic Records in the US, under the band name Suzy and The Red Stripes. Linda’s album Wide Prairie was release posthumously in 1998. In 1989, Linda began to pioneer another passion, to save the lives of animals through promoting the vegetarian lifestyle that she and Paul and long embraced. Her first two vegetarian cookbooks...
    Category

    20th Century American Photography

  • Ralph Gibson 'Artifacts'
    By Ralph Gibson
    Located in Hamilton, Ontario
    Ralph Gibson (American born 1939) Title: 'Artifacts' Full portfolio containing 10 photographs on fibre based silver gelatin photographic paper and clamshell box Each piece signed ...
    Category

    20th Century American Photography

  • Andre Kertesz 'Melancholic Tulip', 1929
    By Andre Kertesz
    Located in Hamilton, Ontario
    Andre Kertesz (Hungarian/American 1894-1985) Title: 'Melancholic Tulip', 1929 Gelatin silver print Signed in ink titled, dated 'Feb 10 1929' in ink 'Corkin Gallery' and 'Niko...
    Category

    20th Century Hungarian Photography

You May Also Like
  • Horst P. Horst, Signed Photograph 'Statue with Book', Paris, 1938
    By Horst P. Horst
    Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) Statue with Book, Paris 1938 Gelatin silver print, printed later. Image: 7.5 x 8.25 in / 19 x 22 cm. Mat: 11 x 14 in / 28 x 36 cm....
    Category

    Mid-20th Century European Photography

    Materials

    Paper

  • Horst P Horst, Marlene Dietrich
    By Horst P. Horst
    Located in London, GB
    Title: Marlene Dietrich Print: Silver Geletin Date: 1942, printed later Signature: Signed Horst in Pencil on Recto and Vesrso, stamped Horst Horst P. H...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century American Photography

    Materials

    Paper

  • Horst P Horst, Noel Coward, Platinum Print
    By Horst P. Horst
    Located in London, GB
    Title: Noel Coward Print: Platinum palladium print, printed on strathmore cotton paper Date: 1936, printed later Signature: Signed Horst in Pencil on Re...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century American Photography

    Materials

    Paper

  • Horst P Horst Signed Photograph of Coco Chanel, Platinum Palladium Print, 1937
    By Horst P. Horst
    Located in London, GB
    Title: Gabrielle Coco Chanel Print: Platinum palladium print, printed on Strathmore cotton paper Date: circa 1937 Signature: Signed Horst in Pencil on Recto and Vesrso Created at the height of her fame this is one of the most beautiful photographs of Coco Chanel in which Horst reveals her gentler side. Horst's arrangement of the furnishings, fabrics and lighting creates...
    Category

    20th Century American Art Deco Photography

    Materials

    Paper

  • Form by Horst (Book)
    Located in North Yorkshire, GB
    In very good condition with dust Jacket. One of a Limited First Edition of only five thousand copies published in 1992. Unpagenated, Folio. Out of Print and now scarce. The photograp...
    Category

    20th Century Books

    Materials

    Paper

  • Electric Edison / Photography
    By Francis Augustine
    Located in Brooklyn, NY
    Metallic print mounted on acrylic Edition limited to 99 copies Measures: 24” x 16”  36” x 24”.
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Photography

    Materials

    Metallic Thread

Recently Viewed

View All