Lot 5750 - ibid117 Photography - online only - Wednesday, 09. December 2020, 12.00 AM
HORST P. HORST
(Weissenfels 1906–1999 Palm Beach)
Hands, Hands,... NY, 1941.
Gelatin silver print. Later print.
Image dimension 45.3 × 31.8 cm; sheet dimension 50.5 × 40 cm.
Signed verso "Horst".
Literature:
- Susanna Brown (ed.). Horst. Photographer of Style. London, 2014 (ill. p. 44).
- Martin Kazmaier. Horst: Sixty Years of Photography. London, 1995 (plate 49, mirror inverted).
Provenance:
- Acquired from Staley Wise Gallery New York in 2005.
- Swiss private collection.
"I like taking photographs, because I like life."
(Horst P. Horst)
The lower right third of the image with 2 slight bumped areas (to the right of the dark hand, in the black background; as well as on the lowest hand surface). Otherwise very good condition.
- Susanna Brown (ed.). Horst. Photographer of Style. London, 2014 (ill. p. 44).
- Martin Kazmaier. Horst: Sixty Years of Photography. London, 1995 (plate 49, mirror inverted).
Provenance:
- Acquired from Staley Wise Gallery New York in 2005.
- Swiss private collection.
"I like taking photographs, because I like life."
(Horst P. Horst)
The lower right third of the image with 2 slight bumped areas (to the right of the dark hand, in the black background; as well as on the lowest hand surface). Otherwise very good condition.
CHF 4 000 / 7 000 | (€ 4 120 / 7 220)
Sold for CHF 5 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.