Lisette Model

(American/Austrian, 1901–1983)

Lisette Model was an Austrian-born American photographer whose work portrayed city life. By getting up close to her human subjects, Model conveyed the sense of a chance event. “The snapshooter’s pictures have an apparent disorder and imperfection, which is exactly their appeal and their style,” she once explained. Born Elise Amelie Felicie Stern on November 10, 1901 in Vienna, Austria, she studied music under the avant-garde composer Arnold Schoenberg as a young woman. Moving to Paris in 1924, she met the Russian painter Evsa Model, whom she married and gaine her surname. By 1933, Model had given up music to pursue visual art, attending the painting courses of André Lhote, and basic instructions on photography from her younger sister Olga. After emigrating to New York with her husband in 1937, Model began working as a photographer for Harper’s Bazaar, whose editor at the time was the esteemed Alexey Brodovitch. Along with her own career, Model also taught photographer, some of her students included Diane Arbus and Larry Fink. The artist died on March 30, 1983 in New York, NY. Today, her works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Lisette Model (462 results)
Through a window pane-Reflection, New..., 1939–1940

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Through a window pane-Reflection, New..., 1939–1940

Sale Date: October 9, 2009

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Woman with a veil, San Francisco, 1949

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Woman with a veil, San Francisco, 1949

Sale Date: October 8, 2009

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Lower East Side, New York, 1940

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Lower East Side, New York, 1940

Sale Date: September 20, 2009

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Lower East Side, 1942

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Lower East Side, 1942

Sale Date: June 20, 2009

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French gambler, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, , 1934

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French gambler, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, , 1934

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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French gambler, Promenade des Anglais, Riviera, 1937

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French gambler, Promenade des Anglais, Riviera, 1937

Sale Date: May 14, 2009

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Broadway singer, metropolitan café, New York, 1940

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Broadway singer, metropolitan café, New York, 1940

Sale Date: May 14, 2009

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Fashion show, Hotel Pierre, New York, 1940–1946

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Fashion show, Hotel Pierre, New York, 1940–1946

Sale Date: November 21, 2008

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Marlene Dietrich (poster), 1950–1959

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Marlene Dietrich (poster), 1950–1959

Sale Date: May 4, 1995

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Marilyn Monroe (poster), 1950–1959

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Marilyn Monroe (poster), 1950–1959

Sale Date: December 17, 2008

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New York, 1945

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New York, 1945

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Shadow, New York, 1940–1945

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Shadow, New York, 1940–1945

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Venezuela, Maracaibo, pipes, 1954

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Venezuela, Maracaibo, pipes, 1954

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Reflections, NYC, pin up, 1939–1945

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Reflections, NYC, pin up, 1939–1945

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Reflections, NYC, hand, 1939–1945

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Reflections, NYC, hand, 1939–1945

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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Woman with veil, San Francisco, 1949

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Woman with veil, San Francisco, 1949

Sale Date: May 22, 2008

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Woman with veil, San Francisco, 1949

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Woman with veil, San Francisco, 1949

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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Circus man, Nice, 1933–1938

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Circus man, Nice, 1933–1938

Sale Date: May 29, 2008

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Blind man, Paris, 1970–1979

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Blind man, Paris, 1970–1979

Sale Date: May 29, 2008

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Coney Island bather, New York, 1939

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Coney Island bather, New York, 1939

Sale Date: May 17, 2008

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Nice, 1938

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Nice, 1938

Sale Date: May 17, 2008

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Woman with sailor, Sammy's, New York, 1941

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Woman with sailor, Sammy's, New York, 1941

Sale Date: May 17, 2008

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Circus, 1945

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Circus, 1945

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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Fifth Avenue, 1939–1945

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Fifth Avenue, 1939–1945

Sale Date: May 15, 2008

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