Lot 664
664
LEE MILLER (1907–1977)
LEE MILLER (1907–1977)
LEE MILLER (1907–1977)
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THE SURREALIST WORLD OF ROSALIND GERSTEN JACOBS AND MELVIN JACOBS
LEE MILLER (1907–1977)

Self Portrait, New York, 1932

Details
LEE MILLER (1907–1977)
Self Portrait, New York, 1932
titled and dated in pencil in Lee Miller Archives stamp (on the reverse)
gelatin silver print, printed 1990
image: 6 x 7 1⁄2 in. (15.2 x 19 cm.)
sheet: 8 1⁄4 x 9 1⁄4 in. (21 x 23.5 cm.)
Provenance
The Lee Miller Archives.
Gift from the above to the late owners, 1990.
Literature
A. Penrose, The Lives of Lee Miller, New York, 1985, p. 57.
J. Livingston, Lee Miller, Photographer, New York, 1989, Cover.

Lot Essay

As a teenager, Lee Miller was already recognized as a stunning beauty, modeling frequently for the photographers Edward Steichen, George Hoyningen-Huene and Horst P. Horst. It was not until 1929, when she was the pupil of and assistant to Man Ray in Paris, that she pursued becoming a photographer.

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