Blind man, Paris

Portfolio TitleLisette Model: Twelve Photographs

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

Publisher Lunn Gallery (American, 1968 - 1982)

Printer Richard Benson (American, 1943 - 2017)

Printer Gerd Sander (German, born 1940)

Date1933-1938; printed 1976

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 19 3/8 × 15 5/8 inches (49.23 × 39.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2018.51.63.1

SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Lisette Model"

InscribedEditioned on sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "B19"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "B19" [circled]

Edition/State/Proofed. 42/75 + 15 APs

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DescriptionImage of a man with eyes closed seated on stool at edge of sidewalk. He's dressed in a heavy jacket with a vest, tie, and a straw boater hat. A sign hangs from his neck (written in french) and he holds a small box in his hand.Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

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