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In the Garden of the Villa Magica, Rome
1949 · Gelatin silver print
11 7/16 × 8 15/16" (29.1 × 22.7 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Herbert List
1903–1975
Hamburg, Germany
PhotographyPhotographyContemporary
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9
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13
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2
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- • Contemporary
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Herbert List was a German photographer, who worked for magazines, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Life, and was associated with Magnum Photos. His austere, classically posed black-and-white compositions, particularly his homoerotic male nudes, taken in Italy and Greece being influential in modern photography and contemporary fashion photography.
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