Lot 11
Lot 11
BILL BRANDT (1904–1983)

Parlourmaid Preparing a Bath Before Dinner, c. 1937

Price Realised USD 3,500
Estimate
USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
Closed: 24 Jan 2018
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BILL BRANDT (1904–1983)

Parlourmaid Preparing a Bath Before Dinner, c. 1937

Price Realised USD 3,500
Closed: 24 Jan 2018
Price Realised USD 3,500
Closed: 24 Jan 2018
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BILL BRANDT (1904–1983)
Parlourmaid Preparing a Bath Before Dinner, c. 1937
gelatin silver print, printed 1969
stamped photographer's 'BILL BRANDT' credit in blue ink, numbered '74' and variously otherwise numbered in pencil (verso)
image/sheet: 14 x 12 in. (35.5 x 30.4 cm.)

Provenance
Acquired from the artist, 1969.
Literature
Bill Brandt, Shadow of Light, Da Capo Press, New York, 1977, pl. 16.
Exhibition catalogue, Bill Brandt Vintage Photographs, Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago, 1985, cover.
Bill Jay and Nigel Warburton, The Photography of Bill Brandt, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1999, pl. 59 (as Mayfair, 1936).
Exhibition catalogue, Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013, p. 46.
Exhibited
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, 1970.
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