Lot Essay
This image was used for the front cover of the June 15th 1940 issue of Vogue.
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Study of Lisa Fonssagrives for the cover of Vogue, 1940
Details
HORST P. HORST
Study of Lisa Fonssagrives for the cover of Vogue, 1940
platinum print, printed later
signed in pencil, numbered 'HG6635' in pencil in another hand on verso
9¾ x 7 3/8in. (25 x 18.7cm.)
Study of Lisa Fonssagrives for the cover of Vogue, 1940
platinum print, printed later
signed in pencil, numbered 'HG6635' in pencil in another hand on verso
9¾ x 7 3/8in. (25 x 18.7cm.)
Literature
R. Tardiff & L. Schirmer (eds.), Horst: Sixty Years of Photography, London, 1991, p.17, for a variant; D. Seidner & M. Harrison, Lisa Fonssagrives: Three Decades of Classic Fashion Photography, London & New York, 1996, p.56, for the study and p.14, for the actual Vogue cover.
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