The albertina presents a survey of the work in its breadth and depth, with the aid of 100 selected pieces Lee miller began her artistic career as a surrealist photographer in the paris of 1929. Nude bent forward, paris c Miller's father introduced her and her brothers to photography at an early age 1930three gelatin silver prints each credited in an unknown hand in pencil (verso) Credited, titled and dated on affixed exhibition labels from national portrait gallery, london and scottish national portrait gallery, edinburgh (frame backing) each image/sheet
Approximately 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in Lee miller, untitled (exploding hand), guerlain parfumerie, paris, ca 1931 the female body—so fetishized in surrealist art—is almost unrecognizable in nude bent forward That we are looking at a body is clear The grain of the skin has been beautifully, duskily rendered. The earliest known nude study of lee miller, who was christened elizabeth, was made by her father, theodore, an engineer whose hobby was photography.
This striking piece of art captures the genre of photography It poignantly reflects the surrealist preoccupation with the uncanny and the subconscious, as evoked through its provocative subject and composition The artwork depicts a human figure, specifically a nude torso bent. 31.) the print offered here like other nudes from this early period in paris helps to define miller's individual aesthetic within the french surrealist movement Lee miller works available on the market are considered rare, as the majority of her prints are retained by the lee miller archives. (17.8 by 22.9 cm.) frame
17 ⅛ by 19 in Lee miller was an american photographer and fashion model known for her portraits of pablo picasso View lee miller’s artworks on artnet
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