Photograph
1936 (made)
1936 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
20thC; List Herbert, Schneiderpuppen (or 'Die Sklavin I'), London, 1936
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | |
| Brief description | 20thC; List Herbert, Schneiderpuppen (or 'Die Sklavin I'), London, 1936 |
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| Gallery label | ‘Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography’, 2014. Label text:
Herbert List (1903–75)
Schneiderpuppen, also known as Female Slave I
1936
Herbert List briefly worked at Harper’s Bazaar and this image was taken in the magazine’s studio. He explained that his dream-like photographs were ‘composed visions where arrangements try to capture the magical essence inhabiting and animating the world of appearances.’
Gelatin silver print
Museum no. PH.53-1981
(07 03 2014) |
| Production | List took this Surrealist Image in a London photo studio during a fashion photo shoot for 'Harper's Bazaar'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.53-1981 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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