French gambler, Promenade des Anglais, Riviera

Artist Lisette Model (American, born Austria, 1901 - 1983)

Date1937

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (49.53 x 39.37 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4101

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Print

On View

Not on view

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DescriptionImage of a man wearing a suit in tie resting in a chair on a sunny day; a woman in a hat is holding a newspaper and watching him.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 4. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 20, 2008 – January 15, 2009, no cat.

Rotation 8. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 12 – October 11, 2010, no cat.

Rotation 11. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 17, 2011 – March 18, 2012, no cat.

Rotation 15. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 19, 2013 – January 5, 2014, no cat.

Rotation 23. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 18 – May 28, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

This image is part of a 1934 series of bluntly direct images of wealthy vacationers on the promenade in Nice, France. In addition to its implicit commentary on the lazy luxury of the rich, this image reveals Lisette Model’s fascination with the awkward physicality of the human body. Originally trained in music, Model turned to photography after moving to Paris in the early 1930s.

Provenance

Light Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Light Gallery by Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1985;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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