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)
Woman with Shawl, 1940–1949

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Woman with Shawl, 1940–1949

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Newspaper Salesman, 1940–1949

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Newspaper Salesman, 1940–1949

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Sailor and Girl, 1940

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Sailor and Girl, 1940

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Lower East Side, New York, 1942

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Lower East Side, New York, 1942

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Reflections, New York, 1939

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Reflections, New York, 1939

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Man with Pamphlets, 1938

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Man with Pamphlets, 1938

Sale Date: November 23, 2012

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Vincennes Zoo. Paris. Hippopotame, 1933–1938

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Vincennes Zoo. Paris. Hippopotame, 1933–1938

Sale Date: November 18, 2012

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Coney Island Bather, New York, 1939–1941

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Coney Island Bather, New York, 1939–1941

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Lisette Model (book w/51 works, quarto,..., 1979

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Lisette Model (book w/51 works, quarto,..., 1979

Sale Date: April 10, 2008

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Coney Island. Standing (original..., 1939–1941

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Coney Island. Standing (original..., 1939–1941

Sale Date: June 20, 2012

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Fashion Show, Hotel Pierre (original..., 1957

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Fashion Show, Hotel Pierre (original..., 1957

Sale Date: June 20, 2012

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Fashion show, hotel pierre, nyc, 1946

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Fashion show, hotel pierre, nyc, 1946

Sale Date: May 11, 2012

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Woman With Veil, san Francisco, 1949

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Woman With Veil, san Francisco, 1949

Sale Date: May 30, 2012

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Ohne Titel, 1940–1949

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Ohne Titel, 1940–1949

Sale Date: May 3, 2012

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Café Metropole, 1945

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Café Metropole, 1945

Sale Date: April 3, 2012

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Fifth Avenue (Reflections), 1940–1949

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Fifth Avenue (Reflections), 1940–1949

Sale Date: April 3, 2012

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Woman with veil, San Fransisco, 1949

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Woman with veil, San Fransisco, 1949

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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Window, bridal couple, New York, 1939–1945

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Window, bridal couple, New York, 1939–1945

Sale Date: April 5, 2012

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Sailor and girl, 1940

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Sailor and girl, 1940

Sale Date: December 11, 2011

Auction Closed

Sammy's, New York, 1940–1944

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Sammy's, New York, 1940–1944

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Sailor and Girl, Sammy's Bar, 1940

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Sailor and Girl, Sammy's Bar, 1940

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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Newspaper man, Paris (from Twelve photographs), 1938

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Newspaper man, Paris (from Twelve photographs), 1938

Sale Date: November 1, 2011

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Woman with veil, San Francisco, 1949

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Woman with veil, San Francisco, 1949

Sale Date: October 6, 2011

Auction Closed

Running legs, Forty-Second Street, New..., 1940–1941

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Running legs, Forty-Second Street, New..., 1940–1941

Sale Date: October 6, 2011

Auction Closed

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