GEORGE HOYNINGEN-HUENE
Horst Torso, Paris
1931
Platinum Palladium Print
27 + 3 AP
Paper size: 61 x 50.8 cm | Image size: 50.5 x 35 cm
Embossed recto, Estate stamped, titled, numbered and signed by R. J. Horst verso.
included and issued by the George Hoyningen-Huene Estate Archives
This portrait of Horst resembling an ancient Olympic javelin-thrower was taken on the roof of the Vogue studio in Paris. Horst later recalled, ‘Both George and I had this extraordinary feeling about Greece. The physical beauty of the men and women, the sun and the fresh air and the sea.’
George Hoyningen-Huene Estate Archives / 29 ARTS IN PROGRESS gallery