Krönung des Chic
Bassman’s reinterpreted prints found an enthusiastic art-world audience, and fashion jobs followed. Hired by Vogue Germany for a feature on millinery, she here reaffirmed her gift for photographing avant-garde headgear. Even in the more permissive culture of contemporary publishing, her curiously accessorized cigarette-smoking nude constitutes a return to form.
Artwork Details
- Title: Krönung des Chic
- Artist: Lillian Bassman (American, Brooklyn, New York 1917–2012 New York)
- Date: 1998
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gift of Lizzie and Eric Himmel, 2025
- Object Number: 2025.889.41
- Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of Lillian Bassman
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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On loan to The Met
Lillian Bassman
1961
Jeff Wall
1986
Design House House of Dior
Designer Christian Dior
spring/summer 1949
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On loan to The Met
Lillian Bassman
1964
Gordon Matta-Clark
1974
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