Provenance
Acquired directly from the photographer
Literature
Harper's Bazaar, March 1963, cover, variant
Catalogue Essay
Technical innovation combines with a sly and slightly surreal sense of humor in Melvin Sokolsky’s photographs of models encased in bubbles. Originally taken to showcase the Spring 1963 collections, these images continue to surprise and remain some of the most enduring fashion images of the last century.

A self-taught student of art history, Sokolsky began photographing for magazines in the 1950s. His lively visual imagination drew the attention of Harper’s Bazaar art director Henry Wolf, who made use of Sokolsky’s unconventional approach. Sokolsky’s standards for his own work were adamantly high, whether produced for credited editorial assignments or published anonymously for advertisers. He said, "I resented the attitude that ‘This is editorial and this is advertising.’ I always felt, why dilute it? Why not always go for the full shot?"

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Melvin Sokolsky

Over New York

1963
Archival pigment print, printed later.
49 x 59 in. (124.5 x 149.9 cm)
Signed, titled and dated in ink on the verso. Number 3 from an edition of 5.

Estimate
$15,000 - 25,000

Sold for $18,750

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Tailor-Made: Fashion Photographs from the Collection of Peter Fetterman

Online Auction 18 - 25 June 2020

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Codie
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Lillian Bassman
At Le Pavillon: Mary Jane Russell in a dress by Paul Sachs and hat by Lily Daché at Le Pavillon, New York
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Gordon Parks
Untitled, New York, N.Y.
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Melvin Sokolsky
Over New York
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Horst P. Horst
Park Avenue Fashion, N.Y.
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William Klein
Cruiser + Anne St. Marie, New York
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Frances McLaughlin-Gill
Untitled (Glamour)
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David Montgomery
Fashion Bentley
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Georges Dambier
Barbara Mullen, Elle 1
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Jerry Schatzberg
Carmen Dell'Orefice, NYC
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Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
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William Helburn
Red Canoe, Barbara Mullen, Gramercy Park, NY
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Lillian Bassman
Barbara Mullen, Harper's Bazaar, New York
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Sarah Moon
Fashion 10 (N.Y. Times)
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William Helburn
Simone D'Aillencourt with Whippet, Penn Station
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Cecil Beaton
Mrs. Charles James, 716 Madison Avenue, New York
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Horst P. Horst
Mainbocher Corset (Mme. Bernon), Paris, August 11
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Lillian Bassman
Betty Threat, Harper's Bazaar, New York
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William Klein
Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (Vogue)
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Lillian Bassman
Anne Saint-Marie, New York, Chanel Advertising
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Constantin Joffé
Untitled (fashion)
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Sarah Moon
Fashion 4, Yohji Yamamoto
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Lillian Bassman
The Little Furs, Barbara Mullen, Russian broadtail jacket by Trigère and hat by Lilly Daché, Essex House, New York
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Melvin Sokolsky
Side Kick, Paris
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Lillian Bassman
The Day-Length Dinner Dress, Barbara Mullen, Dress by Christian Dior, the Ritz, Paris
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Sarah Moon
Blues
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William Helburn
Dovima under the El
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Georges Dambier
Suzy Parker, Casablanca Airport, Elle
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Lillian Bassman
More Fashion Mileage Per Dress, Barbara Vaughn, dress by Filcol, New York
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William Klein
Dolores wants a taxi, New York (Vogue)
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Brian Duffy
Jean Shrimpton, Edgware Road, London
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Norman Parkinson
Untitled, British Vogue, April
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Thurston Hopkins
Make Up Mirror
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Horst P. Horst
Coco Chanel, Paris
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Melvin Sokolsky
Bubble Seine, Paris
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William Klein
Hat + Five Roses, Paris (Vogue)
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Willy Ronis
Avenue Montaigne
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Melvin Sokolsky
Saint Germain, Paris
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Georges Dambier
Marie-Hélène et Le Poisson Rouge
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Lillian Bassman
Paris Gala Night, Barbara Mullen, Dress by Patou, Paris
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Melvin Sokolsky
After Delaux, Paris
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Sheila Metzner
Campidoglio
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William Klein
Simone + Titian & Coffee, Rome (Vogue)
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Fiona Campbell, the Palace at Versailles, Paris (Jacques Fath gown)
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Édouard Boubat
Paris
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Melvin Sokolsky
In Trees, Paris
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Norman Parkinson
Fashion Study in Doorway, British Vogue
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Gordon Parks
James Galanos Fashion, Hollywood, California
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Melvin Sokolsky
Look Down, New York
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Cecil Beaton
Charles James Dresses
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Opera Box, with Dovima, Bob Taft, Tom Charles & Victor Cutrer
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Round The Clock I, N.Y.
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George Hoyningen-Huene
Bathing Fashion, Paris (Miss E. Carise)
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John Swannell
Fine Lines (Lindy Christensen and Debbie Moore)
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Beachwear by Schiaparelli, Paris (Bettina Jones)
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Barefoot Beauty, N.Y.
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Horst P. Horst
Bombay Bathing Fashion, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
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Len Prince
Ford Model VIII, N.Y.C.
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Len Prince
Ford Model V
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Arthur Elgort
Stella Diving, Watermill, NY, Vogue
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William Klein
Sandra + Mirror, Time Square, New York (Vogue)
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Arthur Elgort
Wendy Whitelaw on Park Ave., New York City
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Jerry Schatzberg
Untitled, Behind the Scenes (large hat profile)
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John Swannell
Pretty Polly
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