THE PHILIPPE HALSMAN ARCHIVE Although I had been eager to grow up, I didn't perceive myself as no longer a child until I was sixteen. The turning point was a shooting session with Philippe Halsman. He was the first person to make me look at myself as a woman...In posing for Halsman, I became increasingly aware of my body...'You have bosoms,' he observed, 'so stick them out!' Halsman saw I had a woman's body and insisted I exploit it for the camera. In one day I learned how to look sultry and pose provocatively. In short, I developed sex appeal. (Elizabeth Taylor)

PHILIPPE HALSMAN (1906-1979)

Elizabeth Taylor, 1948

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PHILIPPE HALSMAN (1906-1979)
Elizabeth Taylor, 1948
gelatin silver print
title, date in ink and Estate copyright credit stamps (on the verso)
19½ x 15¾in. (50.1 x 40.4cm.)

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Halsman, Halsman: Sight and Insight, Doubleday & Company, Inc., p. 157; Bello, ed., Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective, Bulfinch Press/Little Brown and Company, n.p.; Halsman, Halsman: Portraits, McGraw-Hill, pl. 7

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Although I had been eager to grow up, I didn't perceive myself as no longer a child until I was sixteen. The turning point was a shooting session with Philippe Halsman. He was the first person to make me look at myself as a woman...In posing for Halsman, I became increasingly aware of my body...'You have bosoms,' he observed, 'so stick them out!' Halsman saw I had a woman's body and insisted I exploit it for the camera. In one day I learned how to look sultry and pose provocatively. In short, I developed sex appeal. (Elizabeth Taylor)