Artist
Horst P. HorstAmerican, born Germany, 1906–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Marlene Dietrich
Date1942
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.3 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2863
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 23–September 22, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
In negative margin, recto, top left edge: KODAK SAFETY [backwards]
Inscribed in white, recto, top right edge: 4559-H-2
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top center edge: Marlene Dietrich
Inscribed in red pencil, verso, top left: RT [?] [circled]
Inscribed in orange pencil, verso, upper left: 159A [circled]
Signed in pencil, verso, upper center: Horst
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: FOTO 3
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower center: #5 MARLENE DIETRICH // NY 1942
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: RT [circled]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center: 903
Inscribed in white, recto, top right edge: 4559-H-2
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top center edge: Marlene Dietrich
Inscribed in red pencil, verso, top left: RT [?] [circled]
Inscribed in orange pencil, verso, upper left: 159A [circled]
Signed in pencil, verso, upper center: Horst
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: FOTO 3
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower center: #5 MARLENE DIETRICH // NY 1942
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: RT [circled]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center: 903
Signed in pencil, verso, upper center: Horst
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Horst P. Horst
1951
Gelatin silver print, contact print, proof print
2014.629
