An iconic gelatin silver print (photograph) in black and white published in 1930 in the Paris edition of Vogue magazine. Slightly left of center, two people, one man and one woman sit on a diving board overlooking the expansive horizons of the sea meeting the sky situated below center. The woman is closer to the viewer and her face is hidden because she is looking at the view. She has short dark hair that ends at the top of her neck and blows in the wind. Her torso faces left and she is sitting on the side of the left hip and thigh with her right thigh on top both facing the viewer. Her left arm is supporting her posture. She is wearing a swimsuit that is in the style of a tank top with short shorts. The sun is left of center evidenced by the reflection on the female. The female overlaps the lower portion of the male’s body. The male is closer to the water and he has short dark hair that is not moving in the wind. We cannot see the model’s face but we can see a ¼ view of it. We see the male’s torso and muscular right arm as he is facing right. The sun is also reflected off his body left of center. The composition of the photograph appears to be a work of art.

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Object ID #907214077

It was created by George Hoyningen-Huené.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Museum of Fine Arts, Houston as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

It is dated 1930. Its medium is gelatin silver print.

George Hoyningen-Heuné’s Swimwear by Izod was one of a series of images of leisure along the fashionable French Riviera that appeared in the Paris edition of Vogue in 1930. Horst P. Horst, Hoyningen-Huené’s protégé, is the male model in this image.

It is credited Lent by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Museum purchase funded by the Geoffrey and Barbara Koslov Family, The Manfred Heiting Collection, 2002.2868.

Woman's Striped Bathing Suit
wool knit.
Lent by Kent State University, Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst Collection,....
70.2016.1

Textile, Sea Shells
cotton.
Gift of Apponaug Company.
1956-203-2

Woman Swimmer Plate
enameled, gilt and glazed porcelain.
The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
1989-41-30

Its dimensions are

Image: 24.7 × 19.5 cm (9 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.) Sheet: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oaH92/
Accession Number 52.2016.8
Object ID 907214077