Bill Brandt
Miners Returning to Daylight

Miners Returning to Daylight

© Bill Brandt / Bill Brandt Archive Ltd.

Miners Returning to Daylight
Miners Returning to Daylight
ArtistBritish, born Germany, 1904–1983
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Miners Returning to Daylight
Datec. 1934, printed 1960s
PlaceSouth Wales
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 9/16 × 11 9/16 in. (34.4 × 29.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 9/16 × 11 9/16 in. (34.4 × 29.4 cm)
Mount: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.421
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
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
verso top edge in pencil " Bill Brandt TO2 $1200, Miners Returning to Daylight, South Wales 1930ies[sic]", lower right edge in pencil "IX"[circled]
lower right corner below image in ink " Bill Brandt "

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