Store Window at Printemps, Paris (Vitrine magasin du Printemps, Paris)

1951

Sabine Weiss

Associated Names
Sabine Weiss

Artist, French, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2022

This is a photograph of a shop window display with reflections of people looking through it. The image captures a mannequin dressed in elegant attire in the foreground. Behind the glass, there is a reflection of various individuals, including children and adults, who appear to be observing the display with curiosity. The scene is enriched with decorative strings of lights. The glass window serves as a barrier, reflecting the viewers back at themselves while they focus on the contents of the display.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 30.48 × 23.97 cm (12 × 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.34.3

  • Copyright

    © Sabine Weiss

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sabine Weiss, Paris; NGA purchase (through Stephan Daiter Gallery, Chicago), 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • The New Woman Behind the Camera, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022, no. 74.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: Sabine Weiss / [horizontal underline]; center stamped in purple ink: MENTION OBLIGATOIRE / PHOTO SABINE WEISS / 29, Bd MURAT, PARIS - XVI e / Tèl : MIR: 67-31; lower center in graphite: Vitrine Magasín du Printemps / Paris 1951; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 225.031.3.15

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