HORST P. HORST

  

Vintage autograph letter 

to 

George Cukor

1 page, in black fountain pen, no date

on verso: B&W photo (4 3/4" x 3 3/4") of Margaret Case **

(unsigned)

In part: "This photo of Margaret was taken - spring 1971 on her

last visit to Oyster Bay. / It was good of you to call ... / It cheered 

me up no end. / Many thanks and a Happy New Year."

Signed: "Horst"

Condition: very good

** Margaret Case, longtime editor of Vogue Magazine, jumped to her death

from her Park Avenue apartment August 26, 1971.

 

Horst P. Horst (born Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann) was a legendary German-American 

fashion and portrait photographer. 

Widely published in French, British and American Vogue.

 His Hollywood celebrity portraits include Marlene Dietrich and Bette Davis. 

One of the great iconic photos of the 20th-Century is "The Mainbocher Corset",

 captured by Horst in 1939.

 

Born: 1906, WeiBenfels-au-der-Saale, German Empire; 

died: 1999, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.