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HORST P. HORST (1906-1999 German/American)
Lot 67

HORST P. HORST (1906-1999 German/American)

Lisa with Harp, Paris, 1939

Closed19 November 2008

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GBP 39,650

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HORST P. HORST (1906-1999 German/American)
Lisa with Harp, Paris, 1939
platinum print on canvas, printed 1985-95
signed in pencil in margin
23¼ x 17¼in. (59 x 43.7cm.)

Specialist note

Inspired by Robert Mapplethorpe's platinum prints on linen, Horst produced a series of iconic images on canvas, in unnumbered editions of five.

Horst recalled: 'One day I wanted to make some nude photographs, which I had never done before. [Lisa] had a very beautiful body, and was not afraid of her body -- she was used to Nacktkultur.'