The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

After the Theater, London

1934

Bill Brandt

(British, 1904–1983)
England, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 23 x 19.7 cm (9 1/16 x 7 3/4 in.); Paper: 23.5 x 20.3 cm (9 1/4 x 8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1986.187
© Bill Brandt Archive/ Edwynn Houk Gallery
Location: Not on view

Description

During a career that spanned some 50 years, Bill Brandt created a remarkably varied body of work that made him the most important 20th-century British photographer. After the Theatre, London initially appeared in his first book, The English at Home (1936). Using a flash, Brandt created an otherworldly scene of a starkly illuminated taxicab and its tuxedoed passenger, the artist's brother. Although the image is documentary in style, it was meticulously staged by the photographer. Brandt sometimes made preparatory drawings for his photographs, and he often pressed family members and friends into service as models.
  • Noya Brandt, London
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38–79.
    Published as: Picadilly Circus Reproduced: p. 65; Mentioned: p. 63, no. 61 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 44-45; Reproduced: P. 107
  • CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art," see Catalogue of Photography, pp. 44-45.
    Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
    CMA, July 10 - August 19, 1990: "The Camera," Classroom Level, no exhibition catalogue.
    Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).
    CMA, February 4 - March 15, 1987: "Year in Review 1986," CMA Bulletin, 74 (February 1987), p. 63, no. 61, repr. p. 65.
  • {{cite web|title=After the Theater, London|url=false|author=Bill Brandt|year=1934|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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