By George Hoyningen-Huene
Located in Santa Monica, CA
George Hoyningen-Huene
1900-1968
Horst Torso, 1931
Signed, Titled and dated in pencil on verso. Artist stamp on recto
Platinum Palladium
Image: 14.5 x 18.5, Paper: 20 x 24
Edition of 10
George Hoyningen-Huene was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia on September 4, 1900. He was the only son of Baron Theodor Hermann von Hoyningen-Huene and Emily Anne "Nan" Lothrop. During the Russian Revolution, the family fled to London and later relocated to Paris.
By 1925 George had worked his way up to Chief of Photography of French Vogue. In 1931, he met Horst P. Horst, who became his lover and frequent model, and who will soon take his place as the next Chief of Photography.
In 1935 Hoyningen-Huene moved to New York City and did most of his work for Harper's Bazaar. He published two art books on...
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1930s Black and White Photography