HORST P. HORST
The name HORST P. HORST is synonymous with timeless elegance and sensual sophistication. A leading artist of Vogue magazine for six decades, he was an international figure, able to chronicle the intertwoven worlds of art, design and performance.
Master of light, composition and atmospheric illusion, he ranks alongside Irving Penn and Richard Avedon as one of the pre-eminent fashion and portrait photographers of the 20th century. An international figure, Horst worked predominantly in Paris and New York. Born in Germany, he became an American citizen in 1943, changing his surname from Bohrmann to Horst. His extraordinary range of work outside the photographic studio conveys a restless visual curiosity and life-long desire for new challenges. The huge collection of prints, drawings, notebooks, scrapbooks and letters that Horst carefully preserved throughout his life, alongside thousands of prints in the archives of Condé Nast, bear witness to his virtuous talent.
His images reveal the extraordinary value of his career, including elegant nudes, fashion shots, portraits of celebrities and still life studies. His influence has been enormous: every later generation of photographers looked to him to find their inspiration.
FASHION IN COLOUR
American Vogue Cover
15 May 1941
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 100 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
American Vogue Green Cover
1940
archival pigment print
cm 80 x 100 ca. / inches 31 x 39,4 ca.
Jean Patchett, bathing suit by Brigance
1951
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Dress by Jean Dessès
1952
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Helen Bennet – Ensemble by Bergdorf Goodman, Jewellery by Olga Tritt
1939
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
American vogue Cover, jewellery by Cartier
15 June 1942
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Muriel Maxwell, hat by Lilly Daché, jewellery by Trabert adn Hoeffer – Mauboussin
1940
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Dress by Mollie Parnis, background by Marcel Vertès
1953
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Lisa Fonssagrives, dress by Pierre Balmain, background by Marcel Vertès
1953
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Suit and headdress by Schiapparelli
1947
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Ilka Chase, Conductor of CBS radio program “Penthouse Party”
october 1941
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Loretta Young
New York, 1941
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Vogue
September 1940
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Hand still Life
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Hand still Life
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Lisa Fonssagrives, America Vogue cover
1 June 1940
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Susanne Shaw
1943
archival pigment print on Hahnemuehle Baryta paper
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
BLACK AND WHITE WORKS
Yasmin Le Bon in Chanel, Vogue UK, Contact Sheet
1986
archival pigment print
cm 100 x 130 ca. / inches 39,3 x 51,18 ca.
Chanel Beauty Contact Sheet
1987
archival pigment print
cm 100 x 130 ca. / inches 39,3 x 51,18 ca.
Smart Like a Fox
1937
gelatin silver print
cm 20.2 x 25.5 ca. / inches 8 x 10 ca.
Helen Bennett, ensemble by Bergdorf Goodman, jewelry by Olga Tritt
1939
gelatin silver print
cm 21.8 x 28 ca. / inches 8 x 11 ca.
Lisa on Silk
1940
gelatin silver print
cm 36 x 28 ca. / inches 14 x 11 ca.
Cara Hemmet, dress by Worth, jewellery by Mauboussin
1935
archival pigment print
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Gloria Vanderbilt
1940
archival pigment print
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Estrella Boissevain, hat and coat-dress by Bergdorf Goodman
1938
archival pigment print
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Barefoot Beauty
1941
archival pigment print
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Hands, hands, hands
1941
archival pigment print
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Mainbocher Corset
Paris, 1939
archival pigment print
cm 100 x 140 ca. / inches 39.4 x 55 ca.
Carmen Face Massage
New York, 1946
gelatin silver print
cm 40.5 x 50.5 ca. / inches 16 x 20 ca.
Round the clock I (variant)
New York, 1987
archival pigment print
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Round the clock I (variant)
New York, 1987
archival pigment print
cm 80 x 105 ca. / inches 31 x 41 ca.
Lisa with turban
New York, 1940
gelatin silver print
cm 36.8 x 29.1 ca. / inches 14 x 11 ca.
Classical Still Life
Paris, 1937
gelatin silver print
cm 38 x 29.5 ca. / inches 15 x 12 ca.
Houdon Still Life
1937
gelatin silver print
cm 38 x 30 ca. / inches 15 x 12 ca.
Lisa with harp
New York, 1938
gelatin silver print
cm 35 x 47 ca. / inches 13 x 18 ca.
Still life with pearl bracelets and earrings
1939-1940
gelatin silver print
cm 19.5 x 24.5 ca. / inches 7 x 9 ca.
Muriel Maxwell
New York, 1940
gelatin silver print
cm 27.6 x 35.4 ca. / inches 11 x 14 ca.
Mrs. George Whitney
New York, 1946
gelatin silver print
cm 27.9 x 27.3 ca. / inches 11 x 10.8 ca.
Rita Hayworth
1948
gelatin silver print
cm 24.1 x 19.4 ca. / inches 9.5 x 7.7 ca.
Lucien Lelong “Harlequin”
1935
gelatin silver print
cm 24.1 x 17.8 ca. / inches 9.5 x 7.5 ca.
Round the clock I
gelatin silver print
cm 46 x 58 ca. / inches 20 x 24 ca.
