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Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

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

1943

Bill Brandt

(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

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.org
    Cleveland 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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