//1968 print of Vor dem Vorhang//
//Hipgnosis fashion shoot for Club International, 1972//
An antiques restorer friend has pointed out that the early 70s fashion shoot by design studio Hipgnosis I recently featured here calls to mind the preoccupations with the female form of the late German artist Paul Wunderlich.
My friend – who wishes to remain anonymous – has offered as evidence a print of Wunderlich’s work Vor dem Vorhang (“Before the curtain”). The story of how he came by the artwork one squally day in central London seven years ago is remarkable:
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Tags: Cork Street, Evelyn Waugh, Filipacchi, Hipgnosis, Julian Sherrier, Manchester Square, May 1968, Paul Wunderlich, Redfern Gallery
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