Black Bodice, Fashion Shot, New York, 1948

Details

HORST P. HORST
Black Bodice, Fashion Shot, New York, 1948
platinum print, printed later
signed and annotated 'A/P' in pencil on verso
18¾ x 14¾in. (47.5 x 37.5cm.)

Literature

V. Lawford, Horst: His Work and His World, New York, 1984, pp.291-292; R. Tardiff & L. Schirmer (eds.), Horst: Sixty Years of Photography, London, 1991, pl.73.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

'The last time I had taken a photograph of a corset it was retouched before it was published because it was a bit too open on the side and they thought it was too suggestive. Here I said to hell with it. I wanted it open all the way; I thought it was more interesting to see the shape of it and to get a little action into it.' -- Horst

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