Hand on the Hip, Paris, 1964
Offset Lithograph
State/print versionprinted 1971
Image dimensions30,1 x 20 cm
About the workIn this close-up, French fashion photographer Jeanloup Sieff provides a precise view of the fine fuzz that stretches across the skin. Shimmering hairs stand out, which, due to their light and subtle appearance, corresponds to a widespread image of feminine beauty in the media. Thick, coarse body hair is hardly represented on women in visual culture. Ist absence in ubiquitous, popular imagery significantly shapes the associations of female hairlessness that are firmly anchored in people's minds.
AccessionAcquisition 2019
Provenance[...]; 2019 angekauft von Kicken Berlin
Inventory numberF.2019.2722
