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A black and white photograph of a rocky beach and cliffs.

The black and white photograph shows a cliff face in the upper right corner and thick dark clouds on the left. In the foreground is a close-up of an ear with dark hair visible on the right and the neck visible on the left. The center show an expanse of rocky beach.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2003.219
People
Bill Brandt, British (Hamburg, Germany 1904 - 1983 London, England)
Title
East Sussex Coast
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1957
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/71401

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 23 x 19.8 cm (9 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, center, ink: BILL BRANDT [over] FROM RAPHO-GUILLUMETTE [over] from [over] RAPHO GUILLUMETTE PICTURES [over] 59 EAST 54th STREET [over] NEW YORK 22, N.Y. [over] Plaza 5-0712

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sam Pratt
Copyright
© Estate of Bill Brandt
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
P2003.219
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1310 Surrealism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/13/2016 - 10/14/2016

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