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Photograph

7 April 1931 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Hoyningen (photographer)

20thC; Hoyningen-Huene, George, Miss Lee Miller, 1931 (Lee Miller wearing Froleuse evening dress by Patou, 7 April 1931).

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Object details

Category
Hair and Hairstyles
Object type
Photograph
Brief description
20thC; Hoyningen-Huene, George, Miss Lee Miller, 1931 (Lee Miller wearing Froleuse evening dress by Patou, 7 April 1931).
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
  • Width: 20cm
Marks and inscriptions
(7 August 1931, Coiffure Calou, Miss Lee Miller)
Gallery label
Photography Centre 2018-20:

Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (1900-68)
Lee Miller wears dress by Patou
1931

Lee Miller (1907-77) straddled the worlds of fashion and photography. She was a successful model, artist's muse and a celebrated photographer in her own right, studying under the surrealist artist and photographer Man Ray. Miller posed many times for Hoyningen-Huene, the chief of photography at French Vogue. In this image she wears the 'Frôleuse' dress by French designer Jean Patou.

Gelatin silver print
Museum no. PH.104-1984

The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Art Fund

Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.104-1984

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1060815/photograph-hoyningen/
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