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Inkjet print curated by P. Horst Foundation Estate, printed in 2021
cm 127 x 100 (cm 105 x 80 picture) | 50 x 39.4 in. (41.3 x 31.4 in. picture)
cm 127 x 100 (cm 105 x 80 picture) | 50 x 39.4 in. (41.3 x 31.4 in. picture)
Edition 10 of 15
Paci Contemporary's label on the verso
Framed
Work accompanied by Certificate of authenticity released by Paci Contemporary Gallery, Brescia
Provenance
Paci Contemporary Gallery, Brescia
Exhibition
Horst P. Horst: a legend of style, Paci Contemporary Gallery, Brescia, 2019
W. Guadagnini (edited by), Horst P. Horst, Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, 2019
W. Guadagnini (edited by), Horst P. Horst, Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, 2019
Literature
S. Brown (edited by), Horst P.Horst. Photographer of style, Victoria & Albert Museum Publishing, London, 2014, p. 159
S. Brown (edited by), Horst P. Horst, Paci Contemporary, ed. Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2018, p. 63
It is 1940 and, as always, the art director of 'Vogue' Mehemed Fehmy Agha is looking for an original cover for the August issue. Gone are the days when the cheaper option of black and white was preferred and eight years have passed since Steichen inaugurated the first colour cover with an image of a girl in costume. It was from here that Agha chose a classy pairing: a great and refined photographer like Horst and the then most famous model, the Swedish Lisa Fonssagrives, who ten years later would marry Irving Penn. Against a neutral background against which her blue swimming costume could stand out, Horst asked her to assume strange postures, each of which could make up the five letters of the magazine's name. The result was one of the most famous covers in Vogue's albeit extraordinary history.S. Brown (edited by), Horst P. Horst, Paci Contemporary, ed. Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2018, p. 63
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