Lillian Bassman  (American, 1917) 

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Lillian Bassman, The Spotted Furs

 

Lillian Bassman
The Spotted Furs
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs
Lillian Bassman, In This Year of Lace

 

Lillian Bassman
In This Year of Lace
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs
Lillian Bassman, Untitled

 

Lillian Bassman
Untitled
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs
Lillian Bassman, Night Bloom

 

Lillian Bassman
Night Bloom
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs
Lillian Bassman, Translucent Hat

 

Lillian Bassman
Translucent Hat
1950

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Lillian Bassman, Barbara Mullen (Blowing Kiss VARIANT), Harper's Bazaar,

 

Lillian Bassman
Barbara Mullen (Blowing Kiss VARIANT), Harper's Bazaar,
circa 1950

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Lillian Bassman, Margie Cato (Test Shoot): New York

 

Lillian Bassman
Margie Cato (Test Shoot): New York
1950

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Lillian Bassman, The Little Furs: Mary Jane Russell in a cape-jacket by Ritter Brothers at the Essex House, New York

 

Lillian Bassman
The Little Furs: Mary Jane Russell in a cape-jacket by Ritter Brothers at the Essex House, New York
1955

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Lillian Bassman, Carmen having tea

 

Lillian Bassman
Carmen having tea
circa 1950

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Lillian Bassman, Barbara Mullen (Blowing kiss) Harper's Bazaar

 

Lillian Bassman
Barbara Mullen (Blowing kiss) Harper's Bazaar, 1958
Sale Date: Oct 4, 2011
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Lillian Bassman, Coiffure, for Harper's Bazaar

 

Lillian Bassman
Coiffure, for Harper's Bazaar, 1954
Sale Date: Apr 7, 2011
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Lillian Bassman, Suzy Parker, Harper's Bazaar, New York

 

Lillian Bassman
Suzy Parker, Harper's Bazaar, New York, 1952
Sale Date: Jun 29, 2006
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1917   Born: Brooklyn, NY
1933   Studied at the Textile Highshool in Manhattan
1934   Becomes assistant painter at the WPA
1939   Classes at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
1945   Art Director for Junior Bazaar giving projects to photographers Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, and Paul Himmel
1947   Appointed Art Director’s post at Harper’s Bazaar
1996   Agfa Life Time Achievement Award
1996   Dem Art Directors Club Award
1996   Photographs the Haute Couture collection for New York Times Magazine, German Vogue, and the Autumn Collection for Neiman Marcus, New York
2005   Galerie f5,6, München
2004   Staley Wise Gallery, New York
2003   Galerie f5.6 in Munich, Germany
2002   Prado Garden, Madrid, Spain
1997   Fashion Institute of Technology, New York (solo)
1997   Peter Fetterman Gallery, Los Angeles
1996   Milan, Italy (solo)
1994   Jane Jackso Gallery in Atlanta (solo)
1994   “Hommage a Lillian Bassman” Caroussel du Louvre, Paris
1993   Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (solo)
1993   Palais du Tokyo in Paris


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