George Hoyningen-Huene
Evening Dress by Paquin, 1934
Platinum Palladium Print
61 x 50.8 cm
Huene created a decadent atmosphere in this photograph of a model wearing a delicate feather-trimmed evening gown. She reclines on a chaise draped with leopard skins in front of a...
Huene created a decadent atmosphere in this photograph of a model wearing a delicate feather-trimmed evening gown. She reclines on a chaise draped with leopard skins in front of a photographic backdrop featuring classical masks. Huene was fascinated by the art and architecture of ancient Greece and the same spectacular backdrop features in several of Huene’s images from 1934. It is also glimpsed in a portrait of Huene in the Vogue studio by the Berlin-born photographer Walter Limot.