The former Oyster Bay summer home of the late trend-setting Vogue photographer Horst P. Horst is on the market for $1.85 million. The one-story white house sits on five acres of what is left of Horst’s original 12 acres, purchased from the Tiffany estate for about $5,000 in the late 1940s. In a 1991 interview, Horst told The New York Times that he had sold an original Picasso painting to pay for the house.
Horst lived in the home until his death in 1999 at age 93. During his career, he photographed and partied with Salvador Dali, Noel Coward, Greta Garbo and Coco Chanel, all of whom visited him on Long Island. Hewas also responsible for many iconic advertising shots, some of which were taken in the garage at the home.
The house has four bedrooms, three baths and three fireplaces. Taxes are $18,052 per year.
David M. Haggerty and Angela Buzzerio of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty have the listing.