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HORST P. HORST (1906-1999 German/American)
Lot 68

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

Barefoot Beauty, New York, 1941

Closed19 November 2008

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GBP 15,000

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HORST P. HORST (1906-1999 German/American)
Barefoot Beauty, New York, 1941
platinum-palladium print, printed 1987
signed in pencil in margin; credited with copyright insignia, titled, dated and numbered '2/10' in pencil on verso
23½ x 19¼in. (59.7 x 49cm.)

Specialist note

Remembering this shoot for Vogue, Horst recalled: 'The photograph was probably to show nail polish and how to take care of your feet. I used the plaster feet to make it more amusing.' (Lawford, p.229)