Bill Brandt 1904-1983
Nude, Campden Hill, 1953
Exceptionally large exhibition print. Silver gelatin print, on original mount
Printed no later than 1969.
Printed no later than 1969.
61.3 x 52.1 cms 24⅛x20½ inches
With the notation "p. 10" and other numeric notations in pencil on mount verso.
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Rare oversized exhibition print. Only known print this size. This print was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1969 and displayed in their major Bill Brandt...
Rare oversized exhibition print. Only known print this size. This print was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1969 and displayed in their major Bill Brandt retrospective held that same year.
Provenance
The PhotographerMuseum of Modern Art, New York
Christie's MoMA: Bill Brandt, sale 16651, lot 20, January 24, 2018
Exhibitions
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Bill Brandt, September 15 – November 30, 1969, and thereafter to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1970Literature
Lawrence Durrell, Bill Brandt: Perspectives of Nudes (New York: Amphoto, 1961), pl. 10;Bill Brandt, Shadow of Light (New York: Da Capo Press, 1977), pl. 126;
Michael Hiley, Bill Brandt: Nudes 1945-1980 (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1980), pl. 11;
Bill Jay and Nigel Warburton, The Photography of Bill Brandt (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999), pl. 228, p. 252