Model and Mannequin. New York. American Vogue Cover, 1 Nov 1945
Photograph
1945 (photographed), 1 Nov 1945 (published)
1945 (photographed), 1 Nov 1945 (published)
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Photograph
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| Title | Model and Mannequin. New York. American Vogue Cover, 1 Nov 1945 (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand-pulled dye-transfer prints from original Ektachromes |
| Brief description | Blumenfeld, 'Model and Mannequin. New York. American Vogue Cover, 1 Nov 1945'. |
| Physical description | Photograph |
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| Gallery label | ‘Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography’, 2014. Label text:
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897–1969)
Model and Mannequin
American Vogue cover, 1945
The viewer is immediately drawn to the bright splashes of colour in this photograph. The vibrant beauty of the model on the right overwhelms that of the inanimate mannequin beside her. Stunning crimson lips provide the focal point on several of Blumenfeld’s most successful Vogue covers.
Modern dye-transfer print from original Ektachrome transparency
Museum no. PH.231-1985
(07 03 2014) |
| Object history | From "Blumenfeld Color". Portfolio of ten prints from transparencies of the 1940s and 1950s [Ph.229 to 238-1985]. Each stamped in ink on the back 'authorised by the estate (c) Erwin Blumenfeld' and the stamps initialled in pencil by the publisher 'fg'. Each numbered in pencil on the back '9/50'. Blumenfeld had close connections with the Berlin Dadadists, and he and his friend Paul Citroen were names as the co-leaders of the Amsterdam branch of Dada (where Blumenfled moved in 1918) by Richard Huelsenbeck. See Martin Harrison, introduction to 'Shots of Style', V&A Musuem, London, 1985. |
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| Accession number | PH.231-1985 |
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| Record created | September 18, 2008 |
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