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Horst (1906–99)\r\nMainbocher Corset\r\nPink satin corset made by Detolle for Mainbocher\r\nAmerican Vogue, 1939\r\n\r\nWith war looming in the late 1930s, many photographers and artists fled Europe for America. Horst later wrote of this, his most iconic image: ‘It was created by emotion … It was the last photo I took in Paris before the war … The photograph is peculiar for me. While I was taking it, I was thinking of all that I was leaving behind.’\r\n\r\nGelatin silver print \r\nMuseum no. PH.222-1985\r\n","date":{"text":"07 03 2014","earliest":"2014-03-07","latest":"2014-03-07"}}],"partNumbers":["PH.222-1985"],"accessionNumberNum":"222","accessionNumberPrefix":"PH","accessionYear":1985,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-04","recordCreationDate":"2008-01-23","availableToBook":false}}