Lot 43
  • 43

Bill Brandt (1904-1983)

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Bill Brandt
  • Nude , 1952, (The Elbow Nude)
Silver print, dry-mounted on card, signed in ink below the image. Printed later. Framed.

Literature

Brandt, Bill, Shadow of Light, Gordon Fraser, London, 1977, p. 121.
Delany, Paul, Bill Brandt A Life, Jonathan Cape, London, 2004, p. 243.

Condition

A print in excellent condition. A few marks of retouching are visible on the surface, and a very few of the raised point caused by particles trapped between print and support at the time of mounting. Signature somewhat faded.
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