Object number1973.21.1
Hampstead, London
Date1952
Artist
Bill Brandt
(English, b. Germany, 1904 - 1983)
CultureBritish
MediumGelatin silver print, printed later
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (34.3 x 29.2 cm)
Mount: 18 x 13 in. (45.7 x 33 cm)
Mount: 18 x 13 in. (45.7 x 33 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Betsy Mudge Wilson, class of 1956, Memorial Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn mount, signed lower right in ink: Bill Brandt
InscribedOn mount, by unidentified hand, lower left in pencil: 73.21.1 PHOTOGRAPHY USA 20th Cen. / Brandt, Bill / Untitled / black and white photograph / 13 3/8 x 11 1/2 ins. (34.2 x 29.1 cms.) / Purchase, The Wilson Fund; on reverse of mount, upper right: $155
BibliographyBrandt, Bill. Bill Brandt: Nudes 1945-1980, London: Gordon Fraser, 1982, pl. 9; Brandt, Bill. Shadow of Light: Photographs by Bill Brandt. 1st American ed. New York: De Capo Press, 1977. no. 125; Durrell, Lawrence and Mark Haworth-Booth. Brandt Nudes: A New Perspective. London: Thames & Hudson, 2012, p. 59; Hermanson Meister, Sarah. Bill Brandt: Shadow & Light. New York: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013. p. 151; Lombino, Mary-Kay. Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 2019, p. 73 Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryShape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 20 - December 15, 2019DescriptionBlack and white, high-contrast image of the bottoms of two feet, crossed at the ankles within a room with two doors visible at right.
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