Lisette Model

Albert-Alberta, Hubert's Forty-Second Street Flea Circus, New York
1945

Black and white photograph of a person in theatrical makeup and costume, seated in an ornate chair against a backdrop with floral patterns. The individual is wearing a dark, off-the-shoulder garment with a fishnet section over the chest, dark shorts, and high socks, and is accessorized with a bracelet and a single high-heeled shoe. A floor lamp stands to the right in the background. The image has a white border with handwritten inscriptions at the bottom.

Black and white photograph of a person in theatrical makeup and costume, seated in an ornate chair against a backdrop with floral patterns. The individual is wearing a dark, off-the-shoulder garment with a fishnet section over the chest, dark shorts, and high socks, and is accessorized with a bracelet and a single high-heeled shoe. A floor lamp stands to the right in the background. The image has a white border with handwritten inscriptions at the bottom.

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Date
1945

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Overall: 13 3/8 × 9 1/4in. (34 × 23.5 cm)

Accession number
95.210

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Lisette Model

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/10180

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