Bill Brandt
René Magritte with his painting The Great War, Brussels

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Artist Bill Brandt (British, born Germany, 1904–1983)British, born Germany, 1904–1983

CultureBritish

Titles

René Magritte with his painting The Great War, Brussels

Date1966

PlaceBrussels, Belgium

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 18 9/16 × 15 13/16 in. (47.1 × 40.2 cm)
Sheet: 18 9/16 × 15 13/16 in. (47.1 × 40.2 cm)
Mount: 25 × 21 13/16 in. (63.5 × 55.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Harry and Macey Reasoner in memory of Dominique de Menil, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.698

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceChristie's London.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Christie's South Kensington Ltd.
Exhibition History"Photographs by Bill Brandt: A Sense of Wonder," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery, February 2-April 27, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Stamped in black, verso of mount, center: "BILL BRANDT"
Inscribed in black, verso of mount, center: "René Magrite [sic] / with his picture 'The Great War', / Brussel [sic]. / 1966."

Signed in black, recto of mount, beneath lower right of mounted image/sheet: "Bill Brandt"

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