A black and white photograph of a woman looking left.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photograph show the left profile of a woman looking down. Only the left side of her face is visible, it is white surrounded by a black background. She is resting her head against her bent left arm which forms a V-shape on the diagonal from the left and frames her face.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.257
People
Bill Brandt, British (Hamburg, Germany 1904 - 1983 London, England)
Title
London, 1952
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Perspective of Nudes
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1952
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British, English
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284973

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 34.5 x 28.5 cm (13 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto, b.r. below image in black ink: Bill Brandt
  • inscription: recto, b.r. below image, black ink, signed, in artist's hand: Bill Brandt

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from Vision Gallery of Photography, 1979, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1982. on Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1979 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Copyright
© Estate of Bill Brandt
Object Number
P1982.257
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Recent Acquisitions: Photographs, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 09/16/1983 - 10/23/1983
  • 32Q: 1310 Surrealism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/18/2018 - 04/18/2019

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