The Shop
Drawing
ca. 1945 (made)
ca. 1945 (made)
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Although he trained as an actor, Rolf Brandt enjoyed drawing and making collages. In his native Germany he developed an interest in Dada and Surrealism and in Bauhaus artists such as Paul Klee. He moved to London from Hamburg in the early 1930s with his brother Bill (1904–83), who became famous as a photographer.
This drawing was made for a short story written by Brandt himself. It reflects the Surrealist quality of Brandt’s imagination, whereby even a shop on a quiet country road takes on an eerie quality. Disembodied hands point to the resemblance between a child-like but ghostly face in the shop window and an equally ghostly face on a map.
This drawing was made for a short story written by Brandt himself. It reflects the Surrealist quality of Brandt’s imagination, whereby even a shop on a quiet country road takes on an eerie quality. Disembodied hands point to the resemblance between a child-like but ghostly face in the shop window and an equally ghostly face on a map.
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Materials and techniques | Graphite pencil on white paper |
Brief description | Drawing for 'The Man With The Red Umbrella' a short story written and illustrated by Rolf Brandt, United Kingdom, ca. 1945 |
Physical description | A landscape with a road curving from foreground to the horizon; on the left in foreground a building in sharp perspective with tiled roof, smoking chimney, closed door and ?a window with a hazy image of a woman's head and shoulders; to the right: hands holding an unfolded piece of paper on which is inscribed a drawing resembling, on one side, the face in the 'window'.. The paper is thin and may be Japanese, slightly discoloured through age and pasted to a support sheet on the upper margin. |
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Production type | Unique |
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Credit line | Given by the artist's daughter, Susan Brandt |
Production | This is one of a number of drawings made to illustrate 'The Man With The Red Umbrella', a short story by Rolf Brandt. |
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Literary reference | 'The Man With The Red Umbrella', written and illustrated by Rolf Brandt (unpublished) |
Summary | Although he trained as an actor, Rolf Brandt enjoyed drawing and making collages. In his native Germany he developed an interest in Dada and Surrealism and in Bauhaus artists such as Paul Klee. He moved to London from Hamburg in the early 1930s with his brother Bill (1904–83), who became famous as a photographer. This drawing was made for a short story written by Brandt himself. It reflects the Surrealist quality of Brandt’s imagination, whereby even a shop on a quiet country road takes on an eerie quality. Disembodied hands point to the resemblance between a child-like but ghostly face in the shop window and an equally ghostly face on a map. |
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Accession number | E.549-2005 |
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Record created | December 17, 2005 |
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