George Hoyningen-Huene (Russian/American, 1900-1968), Male Back Study with White Drapery

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  George Hoyningen-Huene (Russian/American, 1900-1968)
  
  Male Back Study with White Drapery, c. 1930, printed later. Dry stamped "Hoyningen-Huene/©HORST" l.r., titled, dated, numbered "...6/27," and signed "R.J. Horst" on the verso. Platinum and palladium print on Arches Platine watermarked paper, image size 16 13/16 x 16 7/16 in. (42.7 x 41.8 cm), unmatted, unframed.
  Condition: Deckled edges.
  
  N.B. George Hoyningen-Huene was a pioneer in the field of fashion photography. He was strongly influenced by Classical Greek sculpture and the black-and-white photographs he produced exude elegance and style. Born in St. Petersburg, his family fled their homeland during the Russian Revolution. Huene settled in Paris in the 1920s and began working in the fashion industry as a draftsperson. A collaboration on a series of fashion photographs with the surrealist artist Man Ray brought him to the attention of Parisian fashion world and he quickly rose in the ranks. By 1925, Huene was the chief photographer for French Vogue, where he created many of his most memorable photographs.
  
  During his tenure Huene first met Horst P. Horst, who modeled for him, and quickly became his assistant, mentee, collaborator, and lover. Horst is portrayed in Huene's iconic photograph The Divers and is the statuesque torso in this photograph. In 1935, when Huene departed Paris for New York and began shooting for Harper's Bazaar, it was Horst who would take over his role as chief photographer at French Vogue.
  
  After his passing in 1968, Horst inherited Huene's estate and began supervising the printing of photographs from across his career. Huene was a master of lighting, qualities which are further extenuated by the richness and luminosity of the platinum prints produced during this period.
  
  These platinum palladium prints on offer were printed by master printer Sal Lopes, who has a luminary career working with some of the leading photographers of the 20th and 21st century.

  Condition

  
  
  Condition: Sheet size 24 x 20 in., neutral-tone print on heavy weight paper, full sheet with margins and deckled edges, print is in excellent condition.
  
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