Artist
Bill Brandt British, born Germany, 1904–1983
CultureBritish
Titles
- Liverpool Street
Date1940
Place depictedLondon, England
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 7 5/8 in. (22.2 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 5/8 in. (22.2 × 19.4 cm)
Mount: 9 × 7 5/8 in. (22.9 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 5/8 in. (22.2 × 19.4 cm)
Mount: 9 × 7 5/8 in. (22.9 × 19.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lawrence D. Hite
Object number2014.977
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, d. 1983; Estate of the artist; [Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York]; purchased by Lawrence D. Hite, New York, 1987; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History"Photographs by Bill Brandt: A Sense of Wonder," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery, February 2-April 27, 2008.
"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink on verso mount: Shadow of Light. / Black-out nights of the / London blitz. // 57 / (artist stamp) / Crowded improvised air-raid shelter / in a Liverpool Street tube tunnel.
Inscribed in pencil on verso mount:HITE (circled)
Inscribed with ink marker on verso mount, top center and left side: (word crossed out), 24 cm (top), 27.5 cm (left edge)
Inscribed in pencil on verso mount:HITE (circled)
Inscribed with ink marker on verso mount, top center and left side: (word crossed out), 24 cm (top), 27.5 cm (left edge)
Stamped on verso mount, center: BILL BRANDT
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