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 Artworks

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Lisette Model (462 results)
Relationship, 1940

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Relationship, 1940

Sale Date: April 18, 1996

Auction Closed

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

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

Sale Date: December 14, 1995

Auction Closed

Cafe Metropole, 1946

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Cafe Metropole, 1946

Sale Date: October 7, 1995

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Gambler, 1946

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Gambler, 1946

Sale Date: October 7, 1995

Auction Closed

Coney Island bather, New York, 1940

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Coney Island bather, New York, 1940

Sale Date: September 22, 1995

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Gambler, 1940

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Gambler, 1940

Sale Date: June 3, 1995

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Window reflections, New York, 1939–1945

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Window reflections, New York, 1939–1945

Sale Date: April 6, 1995

Auction Closed

Marilyn Monroe poster, NYC, 1950–1959

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Marilyn Monroe poster, NYC, 1950–1959

Sale Date: April 6, 1995

Auction Closed

Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934

Sale Date: December 14, 1994

Auction Closed

Singer at the Cafe Metropole, NYC, 1933

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Singer at the Cafe Metropole, NYC, 1933

Sale Date: December 14, 1994

Auction Closed

CAFE METROPOLE, 1946

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CAFE METROPOLE, 1946

Sale Date: October 6, 1994

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Couple Kissing, 1930

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Couple Kissing, 1930

Sale Date: October 5, 1994

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LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK, 1940

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LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK, 1940

Sale Date: October 3, 1994

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EAST SIDE, BLOCK PARTY IN SUFFOLK STREET,..., 1942

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EAST SIDE, BLOCK PARTY IN SUFFOLK STREET,..., 1942

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

Auction Closed

SAMMY'S BAR, 1940–1944

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SAMMY'S BAR, 1940–1944

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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WOMAN, LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK CITY, 1942

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WOMAN, LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK CITY, 1942

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

Auction Closed

LISETTE MODEL [&] SAILOR AND GIRL [NR#:..., 1979

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LISETTE MODEL [&] SAILOR AND GIRL [NR#:..., 1979

Sale Date: October 8, 1993

Auction Closed

SAMMY'S, NEW YORK, 1944

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SAMMY'S, NEW YORK, 1944

Sale Date: October 8, 1993

Auction Closed

COUPLE KISSING, 1935–1940

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COUPLE KISSING, 1935–1940

Sale Date: October 8, 1993

Auction Closed

TWELVE PHOTOGRAPHS [NR#: 37/75; CA: 1976], 1976

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TWELVE PHOTOGRAPHS [NR#: 37/75; CA: 1976], 1976

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

Auction Closed

GREED, 1937

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GREED, 1937

Sale Date: May 23, 1993

Auction Closed

LOWER EAST SIDE, 1942

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LOWER EAST SIDE, 1942

Sale Date: May 23, 1993

Auction Closed

CAFE METROPOLE, 1946

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CAFE METROPOLE, 1946

Sale Date: May 23, 1993

Auction Closed

GREED, 1937

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GREED, 1937

Sale Date: May 23, 1993

Auction Closed

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