Woman with veil, San Francisco
(1949); printed (c. 1960)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph on composition board
Measurements
49.6 × 39.8 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2024
© Estate of Lisette Model, courtesy of baudoin lebon and Avi Keitelman
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
In 1937 Lisette Model apprenticed with the photographer Florence Henri in Paris. Model married Evsei (Evsa) Konstantinovich Model, a Russian Constructivist painter, and in 1938 they moved to New York. In the United States, Model connected with artists such as Berenice Abbott and Edward Steichen, before being hired to work for Harper’s Bazaar magazine. In the late 1940s Model befriended Imogen Cunningham and joined the Californian local photographers group f/64. Model became known for her intense, unrelenting street portraits. In 1951 she began teaching photography at the New School for Social Research at Columbia University. A student at this time was Diane Arbus.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
San Francisco, California, United States
Inscription
inscribed (inverted) in green fibre-tipped pen on support reverse l.r.: To Bevan and Michéle / With love / Lisette Model
Accession Number
2024.101
Department
International Photography