Lot 33: Running Legs, New York City, 1940-1941

Lisette Model (1899-1983)
Running Legs, New York City, 1940-1941
gelatin silver print
estate copyright credit stamp (on the verso)
10 5/8 x 13¾in. (27 x 34.8 cm.)

When I first came to New York, I was fascinated by skyscrapers and wanted to photograph them.... Tired of looking up, suddenly I pointed my camera downward, feeling that something must be going on there. One leg passed in front of the camera and I pressed the button. And then another leg came, and then two, and then many, and I made my photograph, Running Legs . This I did for six weeks, and never again. - Lisette Model