Lisette Model
Man with Pamphlets, Paris
c. 1933-1938
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Lisette Model
Man with Pamphlets, Paris
c. 1933-1938
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 354 x 277 mm. (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Image: 351 x 270 mm. (13 13/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object Number
1988.473
Trained as a musician in Vienna, Lisette Model moved to Paris in 1926 to continue her studies. By 1933, however, her interests shifted to photography, which she learned from her sister Olga. (“and this,” Model later said, “is the way I started to photograph.
Just like that . . . .With no idea about photography, without even liking it.”) Armed with a portable camera, Model began photographing people on the street, her eye attuned to individual facial expressions, gestures, and clothing details. Soon after Model moved to New York in 1938 she became involved with the Photo League, which organized the first
exhibition of her urban subjects in 1941.
Sander Gallery, New York, January, 1981, from the artist
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
Darsie Alexander, BMA, 'Parallel Tracks,' Nov. 27, 2002-May 25, 2003.
Jan Howard, BMA, "The Collector's Eye: Photographs from the Museum's Dalsheimer Colelction," 17 September - 19 November, 1989.
Darsie Alexander, BMA, 'Parallel Tracks,' Nov. 27, 2002-May 25, 2003.
Jan Howard, BMA, "The Collector's Eye: Photographs from the Museum's Dalsheimer Colelction," 17 September - 19 November, 1989.
'Lisette Model.' Millerton: Aperture, 1979, pl. #30
Inscribed: VERSO: center, (black ink) 'Lisette Model'; LL, (graphite) 'SG/3166/0'; LR '0033'
