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)
Fashion Show, Hotel Pierre, 1943

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Fashion Show, Hotel Pierre, 1943

Sale Date: April 6, 2022

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Portfolio entitled Twelve Photographs, 1937–1946

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Portfolio entitled Twelve Photographs, 1937–1946

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Blind Man, 1937

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Blind Man, 1937

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Reflection, New York, 1980

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Reflection, New York, 1980

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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Blind Man in front of billboard, Paris, 1980

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Blind Man in front of billboard, Paris, 1980

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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Joueuse notoire, Monte Carlo, 1934

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Joueuse notoire, Monte Carlo, 1934

Sale Date: June 4, 2021

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Running Legs, 42nd Street, N.Y.C, 1940–1941

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Running Legs, 42nd Street, N.Y.C, 1940–1941

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Sailor and Girl, Sammy's Bar, New York

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Sailor and Girl, Sammy's Bar, New York

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Twelve Photographs, 1976

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Twelve Photographs, 1976

Sale Date: December 21, 2020

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Untitled (shadows, woman with handbag), 1940–1941

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Untitled (shadows, woman with handbag), 1940–1941

Sale Date: October 14, 2020

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Man with Pamphlets, Paris 1933-1938, 1938

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Man with Pamphlets, Paris 1933-1938, 1938

Sale Date: October 2, 2020

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FASHION SHOW' (HOTEL PIERRE, NEW YORK CITY), 1940

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FASHION SHOW' (HOTEL PIERRE, NEW YORK CITY), 1940

Sale Date: July 14, 2020

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Man with Pamphlets, 1938

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Man with Pamphlets, 1938

Sale Date: April 4, 2020

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Coney Island Bather, New York, 1939–1941

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Coney Island Bather, New York, 1939–1941

Sale Date: July 13, 2020

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San Francisco Opera, 1949

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San Francisco Opera, 1949

Sale Date: July 13, 2020

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Reflections, Fifth Avenue, New York, 1945

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Reflections, Fifth Avenue, New York, 1945

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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

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

Sale Date: November 20, 2019

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Atelier of Armando Reverón, Venezuela, 1954

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Atelier of Armando Reverón, Venezuela, 1954

Sale Date: November 27, 2019

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Gambler, Reno, 1947

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Gambler, Reno, 1947

Sale Date: November 27, 2019

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San Francisco, 1946–1947

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San Francisco, 1946–1947

Sale Date: November 27, 2019

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Harry James Teenager, 1942

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Harry James Teenager, 1942

Sale Date: November 27, 2019

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A SELECTION OF 10 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PORTFOLIO , 1976

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A SELECTION OF 10 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM PORTFOLIO , 1976

Sale Date: November 8, 2019

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Woman in Veil, San Francisco, 1947

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Woman in Veil, San Francisco, 1947

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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A selection of 6 photographs from..., 1937–1940

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A selection of 6 photographs from..., 1937–1940

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

Auction Closed

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