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. Lee miller, growing up nude these events, being described as nudism, were actively taking place in and around poughkeepsie, new york, along the hudson river in c1905, two years before lee was born. About this artwork lee miller began her career as a model in new york during the 1920s, eventually posing for celebrated photographers edward steichen and arnold genthe In 1929 she moved to paris, where she began to develop her own artistic ideas while assisting and then collaborating with man ray, a key member of the surrealist movement Miller mastered lighting and printing techniques
“nude bent forward” is a 1930 photograph by the artist lee miller, associated with the surrealism art movement 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. Miller's father introduced her and her brothers to photography at an early age The merging of photographers lee miller and man ray in paris in 1930 saw one of the most productive parings in the history of art
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
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