Bill Brandt
East Sussex Coast (negative print), 1977
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
22.9 x 19.7 cms
9 1/16 x 7 12/16 ins
Series: 8. Perspective of Nudes
11489
Further images
Provenance
The Estate of Bill BrandtEdwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Exhibitions
Bill Brandt. Early Prints from the Collection of the Family, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, 2013 (this print)
Only known print. Photographer's 'Bill Brandt' stamp on verso. In 1937 Brandt experimented by making both a positive and a negative print of one of his nudes. Making a print...
Only known print.
Photographer's "Bill Brandt" stamp on verso.
In 1937 Brandt experimented by making both a positive and a negative print of one of his nudes. Making a print in negative added a myseterious, surreal dimension. However, this does not appear to have been an experiment that Brandt pursued, except in the present print which again shows the subject of a reclining nude and once again presents her in negative.
It seems most likely that the present work dates from the mid 1970s when Brandt did several nudes on this beach in Sussex. However, the present work is also strikingly similiar to some positive prints taken on the same stretch of beach in 1957 such as East Sussex Coast (Perspective of Nudes, No. 47) in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Copyright The Bill Brandt Archive, London / Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York / Zürich. 2018
British Photography / The Hyman Collection
Photographer's "Bill Brandt" stamp on verso.
In 1937 Brandt experimented by making both a positive and a negative print of one of his nudes. Making a print in negative added a myseterious, surreal dimension. However, this does not appear to have been an experiment that Brandt pursued, except in the present print which again shows the subject of a reclining nude and once again presents her in negative.
It seems most likely that the present work dates from the mid 1970s when Brandt did several nudes on this beach in Sussex. However, the present work is also strikingly similiar to some positive prints taken on the same stretch of beach in 1957 such as East Sussex Coast (Perspective of Nudes, No. 47) in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Copyright The Bill Brandt Archive, London / Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York / Zürich. 2018
British Photography / The Hyman Collection