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)
Reflections, New York, 1939–1945

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Reflections, New York, 1939–1945

Sale Date: October 6, 1998

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Storefront reflection with hats, New York, 1939–1945

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Storefront reflection with hats, New York, 1939–1945

Sale Date: October 6, 1998

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Lower East Side, New York, 1940–1949

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Lower East Side, New York, 1940–1949

Sale Date: October 6, 1998

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Café Metropole, New York, 1946–1946

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Café Metropole, New York, 1946–1946

Sale Date: October 6, 1998

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Bather, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934–1934

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Bather, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934–1934

Sale Date: October 6, 1998

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Lower East Side, New York, 1940–1945

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Lower East Side, New York, 1940–1945

Sale Date: October 6, 1998

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Woman with veil, San Francisco, 1949–1949

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Woman with veil, San Francisco, 1949–1949

Sale Date: October 6, 1998

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Kolonnaden St. Peter, 1953–1953

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Kolonnaden St. Peter, 1953–1953

Sale Date: June 5, 1998

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Luba Ash and Mania Zimmerman, New York, 1947–1947

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Luba Ash and Mania Zimmerman, New York, 1947–1947

Sale Date: April 8, 1998

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Evsa Model, 1942–1942

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Evsa Model, 1942–1942

Sale Date: April 8, 1998

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Promenade des Anglais, 1937–1937

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Promenade des Anglais, 1937–1937

Sale Date: April 6, 1998

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Four women in Nice, 1930–1939

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Four women in Nice, 1930–1939

Sale Date: November 8, 1997

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934–1934

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934–1934

Sale Date: October 9, 1997

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Sale Date: October 7, 1997

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Promenade des Anglais, 1937

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Promenade des Anglais, 1937

Sale Date: April 19, 1997

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Sailor and girl, Sammy's Bar, New York City, 1940

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Sailor and girl, Sammy's Bar, New York City, 1940

Sale Date: April 19, 1997

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1943

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1943

Sale Date: April 18, 1997

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Blind man, Paris, 1977

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Blind man, Paris, 1977

Sale Date: November 13, 1996

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Untitled (two women), 1945–1949

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Untitled (two women), 1945–1949

Sale Date: October 3, 1996

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Baigneuse à Coney Island, 1940

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Baigneuse à Coney Island, 1940

Sale Date: June 5, 1996

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Promenades des Anglais, 1937

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Promenades des Anglais, 1937

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Coney Island, 1942

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Coney Island, 1942

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Circus high-wire act, 1956

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Circus high-wire act, 1956

Sale Date: April 24, 1996

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Woman with veil, San Francisco, 1949

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Woman with veil, San Francisco, 1949

Sale Date: April 18, 1996

Auction Closed

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