Bill Brandt
A Sikh Family sheltering in an alcove where coffins once stood, 1940
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
23.1 x 19.3 cms
9 1/16 x 7 9/16 ins
Series: 4. Britain at War
11492
Provenance
The Estate of Bill BrandtEdwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Exhibitions
Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 6 March - 12 August 2013.'Unchartered Streets' at Ben Uri Gallery & Museum, London in collaboration with the Centre for British Photography (17 January - 8 March 2024)
Literature
Sarah Hermanson Meister, Bill Brandt: Shadow & Light, (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2013), p. 90 (illustrated).Bill Jay and Nigel Warburton, Brandt: The Photography of Bill Brandt, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1999 (illustrated and discussed p.294)
Bill Brandt. Shadow of Light. A Collection of Photographs from 1931 to the Present, with an introduction by Cyril Connolly and notes by Marjorie Beckett, 1966 (illustrated full page p.59)
A Sikh family sheltering in an alcove where coffins once stood, in the crypt of Christ Church, Spitalfields, November 1940. Titled and dated, in ink, on verso. Photographer's 'Bill Brandt'...
A Sikh family sheltering in an alcove where coffins once stood, in the crypt of Christ Church, Spitalfields, November 1940.
Titled and dated, in ink, on verso.
Photographer's "Bill Brandt" stamp on verso.
Copyright The Bill Brandt Archive, London / Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York / Zürich. 2018
British Photography / The Hyman Collection
Titled and dated, in ink, on verso.
Photographer's "Bill Brandt" stamp on verso.
Copyright The Bill Brandt Archive, London / Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York / Zürich. 2018
British Photography / The Hyman Collection