Horst P. Horst
Marlene Dietrich

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Artist Horst P. Horst (American, born Germany, 1906–1999)American, 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)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.2863

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenancePeter Riva; [G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, April 11, 1987; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
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

Signed in pencil, verso, upper center: Horst

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