Carmen (Face Massage), New York, 1946

Details

HORST P. HORST (1906-1999)
Carmen (Face Massage), New York, 1946
tirage argentique
signé, titré, daté et annoté au crayon avec cachet de copyright du photographe (verso)
image : 24.6 x 19.4 cm. (9 ¾ x 7 5/8 in.)
feuille : 25.5 x 20.5 cm. (10 x 8 in.)

Provenance

Christie's, New York, Horst: Photographs from the Collection of Gert Elfering, 23 avril 2007, Lot 41.

Literature

Martin Kazmaier, Horst: Sixty Years of Photography, Schirmer / Mosel, Munich, 1991, pl. 80.
Catalogue d’exposition, Icons of Style A Century of Fashion Photography, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2018, pl. 87.

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Further Details

GELATIN SILVER PRINT; SIGNED, TITLED, DATED AND ANNOTATED IN PENCIL WITH STAMPED PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT CREDIT (VERSO)

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Lot Essay

‘Little Carmen is the ideal painter’s beauty… Her almond-shaped eyes are those of a Renaissance beauty… The planes of her face are those of a Botticelli page, her long neck that of a Botticelli figure of Spring… She is an American beauty of an antique other age.’ Horst P. Horst

Cette image, réalisée pour Vogue, est l’une des toutes premières photographies professionnelles de la légendaire mannequin Carmen Dell’Orefice, dont la carrière a débuté en 1946, alors qu’elle n’avait que 15 ans et s’est étendue au XXIe siècle.

This image, made for Vogue, is among the very earliest professional shots of now-legendary model Carmen Dell’Orefice, whose career started in 1946 when she was only 15 and has extended into the 21st century.

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