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Plas Newydd, Denbighshire (Jardin aux pays de Falles, Llangollen)

1943
(British, 1904–1983)
England, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 23 x 19.9 cm (9 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1990.109
© Bill Brandt Archive/ Edwynn Houk Gallery
Location: not on view
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The bird in this image is pictured twice. First, a gardener carefully manicured the topiary into a "natural" form, but one that is, of course, very unnatural for a plant. Then, Bill Brandt’s photograph of the topiary reframes the gardener’s representation of nature. The manipulation of the animal form here resonates with other works that arrange animals into artful poses, as this image does.
Plas Newydd, Denbighshire (Jardin aux pays de Falles, Llangollen)

Plas Newydd, Denbighshire (Jardin aux pays de Falles, Llangollen)

1943

Bill Brandt

(British, 1904–1983)
England, 20th century

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