Lot 8
Lot 8
BILL BRANDT (1904–1983)

Deserted Street in Bloomsbury, London, 1942

Price Realised USD 3,500
Estimate
USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
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BILL BRANDT (1904–1983)

Deserted Street in Bloomsbury, London, 1942

Price Realised USD 3,500
Price Realised USD 3,500
Details
BILL BRANDT (1904–1983)
Deserted Street in Bloomsbury, London, 1942
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, printed 1969

image/sheet/flush mount: 20 x 17 1/4 in. (50.8 x 43.8 cm.)

Provenance
Acquired from the artist in 1969.
Literature
Bill Brandt, Shadow of Light, Da Capo Press, New York, 1977, pl. 55.
Mark Haworth-Booth, Bill Brandt Behind the Camera: Photographs 1928-1983, Aperture/Philadelphia Museum of Art, New York, 1985, p. 35.
Bill Jay and Nigel Warburton, The Photography of Bill Brandt, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1999, pl. 120.
Exhibition catalogue, Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013, p. 85.
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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