id: 153707
accession number: 1987.219
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.219
updated: 2024-03-29 11:23:35.195000
Coney Island Bather, c. 1939–41. Lisette Model (American, 1901–1983). Gelatin silver print; image: 49.8 x 39.8 cm (19 5/8 x 15 11/16 in.); paper: 50.6 x 40.5 cm (19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.); matted: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1987.219 © Lisette Model Foundation, courtesy PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York
title: Coney Island Bather
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creation date: c. 1939–41
creation date earliest: 1939
creation date latest: 1941
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
copyright: © Lisette Model Foundation, courtesy PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: gelatin silver print
department: Photography
collection: PH - American 1900-1950
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Lisette Model (American, 1901–1983) - artist
Lisette Model American, b. Austria, 1901-1983 Born Elise Amelie Felicie Stern (the family name was changed to Seybert in 1903) in Vienna, active first in France and then New York, Lisette Model became known for her interest in unconventional subject matter photographed in a rapid, straightforward manner. Following studies in music and painting, she took up photography in 1933 while living in Paris and the next year began a series picturing vacationers along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. In 1938 Model and her husband, Russian painter Evsa Model, immigrated to New York City. In the early 1940s, Model's work began to appear in PM's Weekly (where Ralph Steiner was art editor), Cue, and U.S. Camera, and two of her photographs were purchased by Beaumont Newhall for the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. She also received occasional assignments from Ladies' Home Journal, Look, and Life, and began an association with Harper's Bazaar, producing images for Alexey Brodovitch, the magazine's influential art director. Model's photographs of Coney Island, a Bowery nightclub, blind people, settlement houses, and the circus appeared in Bazaar from 1941-55. The Photo League organized her first one-person show in 1941; exhibitions followed at the Art Institute of Chicago (1943) and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco (1946). In the late 1940s, Model began teaching photography, first at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco (1949) and then at the New School for Social Research in New York (1951-82). She also taught privately, becoming over the years a respected and influential mentor. Model continued to exhibit her work throughout the 1950s-70s and in 1965 was awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. She remained active as a teacher and photographer until her death in 1983. Seven years later her work was featured in a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. M.M.
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measurements: Image: 49.8 x 39.8 cm (19 5/8 x 15 11/16 in.); Paper: 50.6 x 40.5 cm (19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.); Matted: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.)
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inscription: Written in blue ink on recto: "Lisette Model"; in blue ink on verso: "P"; in pencil on verso: "ORIGINAL"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1987
opening date: 1988-02-24T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
title: Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1996-11-24T05:00:00
Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
title: Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-06-24T00:00:00
Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007).
title: From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression
opening date: 2017-08-13T04:00:00
From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 13-December 31, 2017).
title: A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950
opening date: 2021-07-11T04:00:00
A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-November 7, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, July 10 - August 19, 1990: "The Camera," Classroom Level, no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1990-07-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Oct. 5, 1990 - Jan. 6, 1991: "Lisette Model," exhibition catalogue no. 8, p. 24, repr. p. 25. (Exhibition also held at the International Center of Photography, Feb. 2 - March 23, 1991, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, April 18 - June 9, 1991, and at 3 other locations through spring 1992.)', 'opening_date': '1991-02-02T00:00:00'}
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CITATIONS
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1987." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 2 (1988): 30-71.
page number: p. 67, no. 74
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25160017
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 246
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