Lillian Bassman Art
American, 1917-2012
Born 1917, Brooklyn, New York; died 2012, Manhattan, New York.
Lillian Bassman became one of the most influential fashion photographers of the 1940s and 50s while working under the tutelage of the legendary art director Alexey Brodovitch at Harper’s Bazaar. Her sense of artistry and movement redefined fashion photography and gave sophistication to what had been a fairly staid medium. In the 1970s she abandoned commercial work but continued to practice photography for the rest of her life. Bassman developed a unique style through her high-contrast black and white images and her dark room techniques in which she would blur and bleach the images, giving them a mysterious, dreamlike quality. In the 1990s she was asked to photograph the Haute Couture collection for The New York Times Magazine, marking her return to fashion photography and the renewed commercial interest in her style. Her art has enjoyed a revival that has placed her squarely at the forefront of the history of fashion art photography.
Bassman’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York, among others.(Biography provided by Serge Sorokko Gallery)
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Period: 1940s
Artist: Lillian Bassman
The Well-Dressed Leg: Dorian Leigh, New York
By Lillian Bassman
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
Signed in pencil, verso
14 x 11 inches, sheet size
11 x 10.25 inches, image size
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Lillian Bassma...
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1940s American Modern Lillian Bassman Art
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Silver Gelatin
The Well-Dressed Leg: Dorian Leigh, New York. Harper's Bazaar, 1948
By Lillian Bassman
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin Silver Print
16x20 inches
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1940s Lillian Bassman Art
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Silver Gelatin
Across The Restaurant, Le Grand Vefour, Paris, Harper's Bazaar
By Lillian Bassman
Located in New York, NY
Model: Barbara Mullen. Dress by Jacques Fath.
All editions are signed by the photographer.
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1940s Lillian Bassman Art
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Silver Gelatin
Harper's Bazaar, Barbara Mullen
By Lillian Bassman
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Lillian Bassman
Harper's Bazaar, Barbara Mullen, c. 1947
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image size: 13 x 10 1/2 inches
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1940s Modern Lillian Bassman Art
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