Horst P. Horst

Two silver prints on Agfa paper, printed later. One print with the photographer's facsimile signature blind stamp, the other print signed in pencil in the lower margin. One print signed, titled, dated and annotated © HORST and silver, the other with the photographer's copyright stamp and titled and dated in red crayon on the reverse. Individually mounted.

Martin Kazmaier, Horst. Sixty Years of Photography, New York, Universe, 1996, ill. pl. 1, p. 32. 

Still Life : This silver print is in very good general condition. It is on paper with a mat surface. With traces of retouching. All four corners slightly worn and with a tiny tear (approx. 1 mm) near the lower right corner in the margin not affecting the print. Needle point study : This silver print is in very good general condition. It is on paper with a mat surface. With traces of retouching. All four corners slightly worn, with a tiny loss of surface layer in the margin near the lower left corner not affecting the print.
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