Lot 42
  • 42

Horst P. Horst

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Horst P. Horst
  • 'Army Leaves', Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1944
  • photograph
Silver print, printed later. With the facsimile signature blind stamp in the lower margin. Signed, titled, dated and annotated ©Horst and Silver in pencil on the reverse. Mounted.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist
Private German Collection

Literature

Martin Kazmaier, Horst. Sixty years of Photography, New York, Universe, 1996, ill. pl. 62;
Reinhold Mißelbeck (ed.), Horst. Magier des Lichts. Magician of Light, exh. cat. Staatliche Galerie Mortizburg, Halle, et. al., Heidelberg, Braus, 1997, ill. p. 25.

Condition

This silver print is in excellent condition. The upper corners very slightly worn away from the image.
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