Bill Brandt
The Perfect Parlourmaid (Parlourmaid at a Window in Kensington), 1935
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
22.8 x 19.3 cms
8 15/16 x 7 9/16 ins
Series: 1. The English at Home
11136
Provenance
The Estate of Bill BrandtEdwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Exhibitions
'The English at Home: 20th Century Photographs from The Hyman Collection' at the Centre for British Photography, London (26 January - 28 May 2023)Literature
Sarah Hermanson Meister, Bill Brandt: Shadow & Light, (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2013), p. 48. (illustrated)Bill Jay and Nigel Warburton, Brandt: The Photography of Bill Brandt, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1999 (illustrated p.74)
Bill Brandt, London in the Thirties, 1983, pl.66 (illustrated full page)
Mark Haworth-Booth (intro.) and David Mellor (essay), Bill Brandt. Behind the Camera. Photographs 1928-1983, Aperture/Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1985 (illustrated p.20)
Bill Brandt, Shadow of Light, 1977 (illustrated p.4)
'The Perfect Parlourmaid', Picture Post, vol. 4, no. 4 (July 29, 1939), pp. 43-7. (illustrates a lesser known variant of the present photograph in which the maid's position slightly differs)
Photographer's '58, Hillfield Court' stamp on verso. Other vintage prints of this work are in the collection of Museum of Modern Art, New York and The Metropolitan Museum, New York....
Photographer's "58, Hillfield Court" stamp on verso.
Other vintage prints of this work are in the collection of Museum of Modern Art, New York and The Metropolitan Museum, New York.
Copyright The Bill Brandt Archive, London / Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York / Zürich. 2018
British Photography / The Hyman Collection
Other vintage prints of this work are in the collection of Museum of Modern Art, New York and The Metropolitan Museum, New York.
Copyright The Bill Brandt Archive, London / Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York / Zürich. 2018
British Photography / The Hyman Collection