The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 26, 2024
Plas Newydd, Denbighshire (Jardin aux pays de Falles, Llangollen)
1943
(British, 1904–1983)
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
Description
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.- "1990 Photography Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 2 (1991): 46-59. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 52 www.jstor.orgCleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 108
- Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 3, 2004).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/24/04 - 11/3/04. "Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art". No exhibition catalogue.
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