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WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ILEANA SONNABEND AND THE ESTATE OF NINA CASTELLI SUNDELL
GEORGE HOYNINGEN–HUENE (1900–1968)
Four Fashion Studies, 1927–1938
4 gelatin silver prints, 2 mounted on original paper
Marcelle Roze with Man and Mannequin, 1927: credited, dated and annotated in ink (mount, recto)
Décoration, 1934: titled, dated and annotated in ink (mount, recto)
Marion Moorehouse, 1935: credited and titled in red pencil, dated '5/15/35', annotated 'ICP Aug 1980/on loan from Sonnabend Gallery', variously numbered in pencil (verso)
Eveningwear by Mainboucher, 1938: stamped photographer's and Harper's Bazaar credits with date '2/15/38' in pencil, stamped 'Made in France' twice, captioned on affixed label and variously annotated, numbered in pencil/red pencil (verso)
Marcelle Roze with Man and Mannequin, 1927
image/sheet: 8½ x 6⅞ in. (21.6 x 17.5 cm.)
mount: 11½ x 9½ in. (29.2 x 24.2 cm.)
Décoration, 1934
image/sheet: 8¾ x 6½ in. (22.2 x 16.6 cm.)
mount: 11½ x 8½ in. (29.2 x 21.6 cm.)
Marion Moorehouse, 1935
image/sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.5 cm.)
Eveningwear by Mainboucher, 1938
image: 11¼ x 8½ in. (28.6 x 21.6 cm.)
sheet: 11¾ x 9½ in. (29.9 x 24.2 cm.)
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Provenance:
Acquired from the artist by the Estate of Ileana Sonnabend;
by descent to the present owner.

Literature:
Eveningwear by Mainbocher: William A. Ewing, The Photographic Art of Hoyningen-Huene, Thames & Hudson, London, 1986, pl. 73.

Please note this lot is the property of a private collector.
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