This work celebrates the extraordinary portraits created by one of the great master photographers of the 20th century. In a style that personifies glamour and high fashion, Horst P. Horst's photographs conduct the viewer into a world of painters, writers, musicians, designers and royalty. In his 60-year career, much of it working for American, British and French "Vogue" and its sister publication "House and Garden", Horst's distinguished portfolio of luminaries included Noel Coward, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Steve ...
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This work celebrates the extraordinary portraits created by one of the great master photographers of the 20th century. In a style that personifies glamour and high fashion, Horst P. Horst's photographs conduct the viewer into a world of painters, writers, musicians, designers and royalty. In his 60-year career, much of it working for American, British and French "Vogue" and its sister publication "House and Garden", Horst's distinguished portfolio of luminaries included Noel Coward, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Steve McQueen, Salvador Dali and Katharine Hepburn. This book showcases Horst's talents as a portrait photographer and provides a resource for those studying his work.
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Fine in fine jacket. First edition, 2001. Quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, heavily illustrated, 211 pp, clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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Fine. Near Mint Beautiful, Like New Oversize Hardcover with Perfect pages, Pristine unworn boards. ISBN, DJ exactly as shown, has permanent blind repair of 1/2-in. closed tear rear flap-fold. Otherwise perfect copy. Out of Print 1st Ed. Horst Portraits. photographic art portraits. I ship Pronto same day. Pristine. Appears Unread, Publisher: Redwood Publishers for National Portrait Gallery Publications (March 1, 2001) (London, UK) First Edition & First Printing. Printed and bound in Italy by EBS, Verona. 170 Illustrations: 150 duotone photos and 20 in full color. Notes explain significance of each. First Edition. Commissioned portrait studiies, many from Vogue, of 1931-1971 glitterati. Gift and Collectible quality. Fine New DJ no shelf wear. Pristine copy, no writing or marks. Made with Highest quality materials. Pristine pages, perfect navy buckram cloth-covered boards with silver spine lettering. ISBN: 1855142929; Full Title: Horst: Portraits: 60 Years of Style (Oversized Hardcover) (March 1, 2001) by Terence Pepper [Art Curator] (Preface, Essay, and Photo Selector); Horst P. Horst [aka Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann] (Photographer); Charles Saumarez Smith [Director National Portrait Gallery] (Foreword); Robin Muir (Notes & Chronology); 9.5w x 11.3 x 1.0 in. [24.3 x 28.8 x 2.5 cm.]. 211 pp., incl. 30-page biographical intro; 140 pp. of plates; 26 of Notes; Chronology; Acknowledgements, Index. Weighs 3.3 lbs. [1.5 kg]. I wrap, insert cardboard to protect your purchase, TRACK, ship daily, and guarantee. [B83_M0053]