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)
Rome, Interior of a Museum, 1955

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Rome, Interior of a Museum, 1955

Bruce Silverstein

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Singer at Café Metropole, 1946

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Singer at Café Metropole, 1946

Bruce Silverstein

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Sailor and Girl, 1940 BONUS: Model's Album,..., 1940

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Sailor and Girl, 1940 BONUS: Model's Album,..., 1940

Upsilon Gallery

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Gallagher's, New York, 1944

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Gallagher's, New York, 1944

Howard Greenberg Gallery

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Promenade des anglais, Nice, 1934

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Promenade des anglais, Nice, 1934

Baudoin Lebon

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Reflections, NYC, Rockefeller Center, 1939

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Reflections, NYC, Rockefeller Center, 1939

Baudoin Lebon

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Reflections, New York, 1939

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Reflections, New York, 1939

Baudoin Lebon

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Coney Island, NYC, Bather standing, 1939

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Coney Island, NYC, Bather standing, 1939

Baudoin Lebon

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Aquarium, Whale, 1956

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Aquarium, Whale, 1956

Baudoin Lebon

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Reflections, Rockefeller Center, NY, printed: 1975

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Reflections, Rockefeller Center, NY, printed: 1975

CLAMP

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Famous Gambler, Monte Carlo, 1934

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Famous Gambler, Monte Carlo, 1934

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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Newspaper Seller, 1937

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Newspaper Seller, 1937

Sale Date: April 5, 2024

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Through a window pane, Battery, New..., 1939–1940

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Through a window pane, Battery, New..., 1939–1940

Sale Date: April 3, 2024

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Percy Heath, New York Jazz Festival, 1956–1961

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Percy Heath, New York Jazz Festival, 1956–1961

Sale Date: March 8, 2024

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Willie 'The Lion' Smith, New York, 1957

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Willie 'The Lion' Smith, New York, 1957

Sale Date: March 8, 2024

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Woman with a Veil, San Francisco, 1949, 1949

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Woman with a Veil, San Francisco, 1949, 1949

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Sammy's Bar, Woman Looking at a Man,1944, 1944

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Sammy's Bar, Woman Looking at a Man,1944, 1944

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Billie Holiday, New York, 1959, 1959

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Billie Holiday, New York, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Twelve Photographs, 1977

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Twelve Photographs, 1977

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Willie Conover (Voice of America), William..., 1957

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Willie Conover (Voice of America), William..., 1957

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Louis Armstrong playing trumpet, 1954–1956

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Louis Armstrong playing trumpet, 1954–1956

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice France, 1934

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice France, 1934

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice., 1938

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Promenade des Anglais, Nice., 1938

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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Louis Armstrong playing trumpet., 1954–1956

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Louis Armstrong playing trumpet., 1954–1956

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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