Bill Brandt 1904-1983

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Description

Bill Brandt
'young housewife, bethnal green'

flush-mounted, titled and annotated 'Shadow of Light/London before the war 14' by the photographer in ink and with his name stamp and reduction notations in his and unidentified hands in ink on the reverse, matted, 1937, probably printed in the 1950s (Shadow of Light, pl. 14B; Brandt, p. 47; London in the Thirties, pl. 16; Houk, p. 16; Marlborough, pl. 25; Looking at Photographs, p. 121)

Provenance

The Collection of Mrs. Noya Brandt, the photographer's wife, London

Acquired by the present owner from Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago, 1987

Catalogue Note

This print was likely that used for reproduction in Brandt's book, Bill Brandt: Shadow of Light, published in 1966.