Bidspirit auction | Meisterbildnisse: Frauen, Mode, Sport, Künstler,

Meisterbildnisse: Frauen, Mode, Sport, Künstler, by George Hoyningen-Huene - Meisterbildnisse: Frauen, Mode, Sport, Künstler by George Hoyningen-Huene.  Published by Dietrich Reimer. Berlin, 1932. With a portrait of the photographer by Cecil Beaton. Introduction by H.K. Frenzel. 16 pages of text and 48 black-and-white photogravure plates. In German. Hardcover bound in cloth with lettering on the front board. 25.5×18 cm. 315 g. In fair condition: Covers: detaching and nearly separated, heavy wear, abrasions, tears to edges and spine, staining.  Interior: staining to the endpapers at front and rear, moderate yellowing to the paper, detached pages.  *** This book is offered at prices of several hundred euros across the internet; a sample link is attached:  https://www.abebooks.de/Meisterbildnisse-Frauen-Mode-Sport-K%C3%BCnstler-H OYNINGEN-HUENE/32319026211/bd?srsltid=AfmBOooDxRE24mJbZayTPf-3MqqehBtRVBs3Ws9 7NvIH6hQmpLFJUCzp    George Hoyningen-Huene (Russia/USA, 1900–1968) — Russian-born, he initially worked as a sketch artist for cinema and a dressmaking house in Paris in the early 1920s. He collaborated with Man Ray on fashion work, and in 1926 became the chief photographer of French Vogue. Between 1929 and 1935 he worked for Condé Nast and Harper's Bazaar, establishing his name in fashion photography.