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)
Café Metropole, New York, 1946

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Café Metropole, New York, 1946

Sale Date: May 21, 2008

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San Francisco Opera, 1949

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San Francisco Opera, 1949

Sale Date: April 9, 2008

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Reflection, 5th Avenue, 1939

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Reflection, 5th Avenue, 1939

Sale Date: April 9, 2008

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Billie Holiday, New York, 1959

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Billie Holiday, New York, 1959

Sale Date: April 9, 2008

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Young man asleep on sidewalk, 1937

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Young man asleep on sidewalk, 1937

Sale Date: April 9, 2008

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First reflection, NYC, 1941

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First reflection, NYC, 1941

Sale Date: April 9, 2008

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At the circus, 1945

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At the circus, 1945

Sale Date: April 9, 2008

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Paris, 1937

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Paris, 1937

Sale Date: April 9, 2008

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Reflections, NYC, Rockefeller Center, 1939–1945

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Reflections, NYC, Rockefeller Center, 1939–1945

Sale Date: April 11, 2008

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Running legs, NYC, 42nd Street, 1940–1941

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Running legs, NYC, 42nd Street, 1940–1941

Sale Date: April 11, 2008

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San Francisco, woman with veil, 1949

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San Francisco, woman with veil, 1949

Sale Date: April 11, 2008

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Nice, famous gambler, Monte Carlo, 1934–1937

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Nice, famous gambler, Monte Carlo, 1934–1937

Sale Date: April 11, 2008

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Fashion show, Hotel Pierre, NYC, 1946

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Fashion show, Hotel Pierre, NYC, 1946

Sale Date: April 11, 2008

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934

Sale Date: April 11, 2008

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934

Sale Date: February 7, 2008

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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: February 20, 2008

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Opening Night, 1949

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Opening Night, 1949

Sale Date: November 28, 2007

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Hermaphrodite, Forty-Second Street, Flea..., 1940

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Hermaphrodite, Forty-Second Street, Flea..., 1940

Sale Date: November 28, 2007

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Wall Street, 1939–1941

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Wall Street, 1939–1941

Sale Date: November 28, 2007

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Woman at Coney Island, New York, 1939–1941

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Woman at Coney Island, New York, 1939–1941

Sale Date: November 16, 2007

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Singer at the Café métropole, New York, 1946

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Singer at the Café métropole, New York, 1946

Sale Date: November 16, 2007

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French gambler, Promenade des anglais, Riviera, 1934

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French gambler, Promenade des anglais, Riviera, 1934

Sale Date: November 16, 2007

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Famous gambler, French Riviera, 1934

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Famous gambler, French Riviera, 1934

Sale Date: November 7, 2007

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Café Metropole, New York, 1945

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Café Metropole, New York, 1945

Sale Date: November 7, 2007

Auction Closed

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