VOGUES BOOK OF HOUSES, GARDENS & PEOPLE-1968-HORST
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VOGUE'S BOOK OF HOUSES, GARDENS, PEOPLE(A Studio Book) (Hardcover) by Horst P.; Lawford, Valentine Horst (Author). Horst P. (photographer); Photographs by Horst (Illustrator). The Viking Press, New York, 1968. While a younger generation were manning the barricades or kicking out the jams, the older rich beautiful people were having their homes and gardens arranged to perfection and photographed. This was a more elegant age before the TV makeover, trash culture and the cult of mass celebrity. Horst was the appointed photographer. He was the Bruce Weber of his time known for his cleverly lit, painstaking photos of buffed guys hawking their brawn under a Mediterranean sun, beautiful girl models in swimwear and one of Vogue's best-known photographs, Mainbocher Corset (1939) which was 'homaged' by Madonna in a video in the late 90s. The 1968 Vogue Book with the red cover with photos by Horst has an iconic status among decorators and fashion/ design people. The blurb, very much of its time, says it all: ...the houses and rooms, furniture and collections, gardens and daily lives of some of the most interesting people in America and Europe are here presented in over two hundred beautiful color photographs by Horst...from Miss Doris Duke's extraordinary Muslim-inspired house near Honolulu, and State Senator and Mrs. Taylor Pryor's Oceanarium at Sea Life Park, also in Hawaii, we are transported to the revived Georgian splendours of Mr. and Mrs. Desmond Guinness's Irish castle, and to Mr. Henry Francis du Pont's world-famous estate at Winterthur, Delaware; from the work-rooms and living-rooms of the brilliant designer Emilio Pucci in Florence, to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's magnificently appointed house in the Bois de Boulogne, and to Baron and Baroness Philippe de Rothschild's unique Chateau de Mouton..there are chapters about the young: Mr. and Mrs. Carter Burden, Jr., in their New York apartment, Mr. And Mrs. Cy Twombly in their Roman palazzo, Lord and Lady Eliot at their ancient family seat in Cornwall...this book provides an opportunity to see how a number of well-known and less well-known people live during their private hours, among the possessions they love and in the surroundings they have planned or improved or cultivated.. for anyone curious about the personalities and habits of some of the most attractive and creative people of our time." Condition: The book interior is in Very Good + condition with no folds, tears, nor stains. The covers have almost no wear and are clean with a few very minor spots of foxing on the bottom edge. The dustjacket is Very Good minus. The cover has some rubbing and indentations. The laminate covering the jacket has lifted along the spine edge for a 1/2 inch but it is still intact. Overall, Very Good. Bruce Weber in, in a 1992 television documentary on the elderly Horst, gushed '...the elegance of his photographs ... took you to another place, very beautifully ... the untouchable quallity of the people is really interesting as it gives you something of a distance ... it's like seeing somebody from another world ... and you wonder who that person is and you really want to know that person and really want to fall in love with that person'. An archive of Horst's photos built up by a German businessman sold last year at auction for several million dollars. Shipping and handling by media mail (4-14 days)is $5.50. Priority mail ( 2-4 days)is $11.50. Insurance is extra and may be required depending on final auction value. We assume no responsibility for uninsured items except to help buyer recover his costs with the post office. Outside the U.S.A.: Please wait to have shipping cost determined after sale or write for a quote before hand and emailed to you. There is a $3.00 handling charge. We only accept Paypal for foreign purchases. Foreign buyers must pay for insurance if purchase is over $50. Recent changes in shipping costs have made shipping overseas more expensive. We accept Paypal, money orders. Payment is requested within 10 days. If paying by Paypal, we only ship to a CONFIRMED ADDRESS if the purchase is over $35. Thanks for looking. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
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