ALLURE: PLATINUM PRINTS BY GEORGE HOYNINGEN-HUENE
To inaugurate our exclusive UK representation of The George Hoyningen-Huene Estate, Atlas is thrilled to open our new exhibition ‘Allure’. Not only is this exhibition our first display of his works, but it is the first UK solo show of Hoyningen-Huene’s photographs in more than 40 years. Several photographs are being publicly exhibited for the very first time.
Hoyningen-Huene worked primarily in Paris, New York and Hollywood and first gained international fame in the fields of sophisticated fashion and portrait photography. His carefully-lit studio compositions infused with elements of modernism, neoclassicism and surrealism made Huene one of the leading photographers at Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines from 1926 to 1935, and later at the rival magazine Harper’s Bazaar. Revered by his contemporaries, he also inspired subsequent generations of photographers and filmmakers around the world. In the words of Richard Avedon, Huene was “a genius, the master of us all”.
During Hoyningen-Huene’s lifetime, he was included in ground-breaking exhibitions such as Film und Foto der 20er Jahre (1929) and Photokina (1963), and his glamorous pictures have featured in major exhibitions on the history of fashion photography. Huene’s spectacular work can be found in many world-class collections, including the V&A and NPG, London; Pompidou Centre, Paris; Getty Museum, Los Angeles; and MoMA, New York.
Divers, Swimwear by A.J. Izod, 1930
Platinum Palladium Print
Agneta Fischer, Evening Gloves, Paris 1931
Platinum Palladium Print
Horst and Models, Swimwear by Lelong, 1929
Platinum Palladium Print
Bettina Jones, Beachwear by Schiaparelli, 1928
Platinum Palladium Print
Portrait of the Dalis in “l’Instant Sublime”, 1939
Platinum Palladium Print
Toto Koopman, Evening dress by Augustabernard, 1933
Platinum Palladium Print
Toto Koopman, Evening dress by Augustabernard, 1934
Platinum Palladium Print
Vionnet Pajamas 1, Miss Sonia, 1931
Platinum Palladium Print
Vionnet Pajamas 2, Miss Sonia, 1931
Platinum Palladium Print
Miss Alicia, Swimwear by Patou, 1928
Platinum Palladium Print
Virginia Kent & Peggy Leaf, informal daywear by Lelong, 1934
Platinum Palladium Print
Evening wear by Carnegie, 1935
Platinum Palladium Print
Art in Fashion, Dress by Balenciaga, 1939
Platinum Palladium Print
Horst Torso with Beachwear, 1930
Platinum Palladium Print
Mlle Katkoff, Swimwear by Lanvin, 1928
Platinum Palladium Print
Mainbocher Dress, Jewels by Cartier, 1935
Platinum Palladium Print
Fashion by Vionnet, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Paris, 1938
Platinum Palladium Print
Lee Miller, Sailcloth Overalls by Yrande, 1930
Platinum Palladium Print