The English at Home: 20th Century Photographs from the Hyman Collection
The English at Home: 20th Century Domestic Photographs from the Hyman Collection presents over 150 works to explore the central place of the home in British photography over the last century.
The exhibition takes its title from one of the most important twentieth century photography publications, Bill Brandt’s first book, The English at Home (1935) and proposes that to understand contemporary depictions of the home there is much to learn from exploring a lineage that begins with Bill Brandt and travels through the crucial years of Picture Post magazine and on to the more conceptual strategies of photographers since the 1970s. The exhibition is broadly thematic and includes major historical series as well as some of the most important work of more recent years.
It takes one on a journey from the street, up the front steps, and into the private spaces of the living room, kitchen and bedroom before sending us out into the back garden.
The exhibition begins by exploring the ways in which the neighbourhood streets were an extension of the home, a place to chat with neighbours and for children to play. It then goes inside the home and takes one from the living room to the kitchen to the bedroom. Running through this is a strand that builds from Brandt's work to address the ways in which these images reflect and critique the English class system.
Photographers:
Shirley Baker, Richard Billingham, John Bulmer, Bill Brandt, Anna Fox, Ken Grant, Bert Hardy, Nick Hedges, Kurt Hutton, Colin Jones, Karen Knorr, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Marketa Luskacova, Roger Mayne, Daniel Meadows, David Moore, Martin Parr, Charlie Phillips, Jo Spence, Edith Tudor-Hart.
Curated by James Hyman.
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Bill BrandtThe Perfect Parlourmaid (Parlourmaid at a Window in Kensington), 1935Vintage Gelatin Silver Print22.8 x 19.3 cms8 15/16 x 7 9/16 ins
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Bill BrandtThe Perfect Parlourmaid - English Parlourmaid (Evening), 1935Vintage Gelatin Silver Print25.1 x 22.2 cms9 14/16 x 8 11/16 ins
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Bill BrandtThe Perfect Parlourmaid, 1935Vintage Gelatin Silver Print21.5 x 16.5 cms8 7/16 x 6 7/16 ins
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Bill BrandtThe Perfect Parlourmaid (Parlourmaid and under-parlourmaid ready to serve), 1935Early Gelatin Silver Print22.8 x 19.8 cms8 15/16 x 7 12/16 ins
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Bill Brandt, Nursery in Mayfair, 1934
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Bill BrandtHurst Family, Jarrow, 1937, 1937Early Gelatin Silver Print33 x 27.8 cms12 15/16 x 10 15/16 ins
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Bill BrandtUnemployed Miner's Child, Jarrow, Tyneside (Hurst family), 1937Vintage Gelatin Silver Print29.2 x 24.1 cms11 7/16 x 9 7/16 ins
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Bill BrandtWest Ham Bedroom (London), 1937Vintage Gelatin Silver Print29 4/5 x 24 1/5 ins75.7 x 61.5 cms
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John BulmerBlack CountrySIgned and numbered beneath the imageLimited edition archival Inkjet print42 x 59.4 cms
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Sirkka-Liisa KonttinenKendal Street, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1969Gelatin Silver Print29.1 x 43.9 cms11 7/16 x 17 4/16 ins
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Colin JonesChildren playing in front of a corner shop, Benwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1963Vintage Gelatin Silver Print21.5 x 30.5 cms8 7/16 x 12 1/16 ins
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Roger MayneSoutham Street (Twin boys and others in the street), 1957Vintage Gelatin Silver Print42.28 x 55.88 cms16 10/16 x 22 ins
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Shirley BakerSchool Holidays (Easter' 68), Moss Side MIC, 1968Photographer's Stamps with address on the verso.
Annotated in pencil "School Holidays (Easter'68), Moss Side MIC" on verso.Vintage Gelatin Silver Print29.8 x 20.1 cms
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Colin JonesLaundry, 1980Vintage Gelatin Silver Print20 x 30.5 cms7 13/16 x 12 1/16 ins
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Bert HardyLife in the Elephant - On the front steps, 1948Vintage Gelatin Silver Print24.13 x 16 cms9 1/2 x 6 4/16 ins
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Roger MayneWest Indian Women, North Kensington, 1955Vintage Gelatin Silver Print25.4 x 26.35 cms10 x 10 5/16 ins
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Shirley BakerChildren sitting, 1965Vintage Gelatin Silver Print28.7 x 37.3 cms11 4/16 x 14 10/16 ins
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Colin JonesFrom "The Black House", 1973Vintage Gelatin Silver Print20.5 x 28.5 cms8 1/16 x 11 3/16 ins
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Colin JonesFrom "The Black House" (Mohammed Ali), 1973Vintage Gelatin Silver Print41 x 51 cms16 2/16 x 20 1/16 ins
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Colin JonesFrom "The Black House" (Wedding), 1973Vintage Gelatin Silver Print32 x 49 cms12 9/16 x 19 4/16 ins
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Colin JonesFrom "The Black House", 1973Vintage Gelatin Silver Print49 x 33.5 cms19 4/16 x 13 3/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (A Good Mother), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (A House in Town), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (A successful Interior), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (Deb's Delights are on the list), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (Every morning I wake up and do 50 push-ups), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (Every morning I wake up and put on a white uniform), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (Good taste knows no time), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (I am part of a group called the Dulcit Drones), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (I am really looking forward to my Deb party), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (I believe a Woman should keep her kitchen clean), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (I know of a Beautiful Marriage), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (I live in the nineteenth century), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (I would like my Sons), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (I wouldn't vote for any particular party but rather for a Leader), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (If the hostages in Iran are released), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (Of all the things I miss the most of Columbia), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (Ruthless Businessman), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (Safaris are one of the last opportunities), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (The Europeans will get no more free lunch), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (The ideal Woman), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (The Interior represents the Universe for the Private Individual), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (There are hardly any pink bits left), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (There is nothing wrong with Privilege), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (This is what I call my Dutch Master), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (Today Security is more than a Luxury), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Karen KnorrBelgravia (You couldn't get me to eat lentils), 1979Vintage Gelatin Silver Print50.8 x 40.6 cms20 x 15 15/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrDraft Letter, 1973Pen on paper
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Daniel Meadows And Martin ParrJune Street, Salford, 1973Gelatin Silver Print61 x 61 cms24 1/16 x 24 1/16 ins
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Ken GrantA Kitchen in Brikenhead near Liverpool, 1989Vintage Gelatin Silver Print40.64 x 30.48 cms16 x 12 ins
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Ken GrantBabysitting, Birkenhead, 1989Vintage Gelatin Silver Print40.64 x 30.48 cms16 x 12 ins
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Ken GrantFamily Christening, Norris Green, Liverpool, 1989Vintage Gelatin Silver Print40.64 x 30.48 cms16 x 12 ins
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Ken GrantHarry and Family, Ullswater Street, Everton, c1990Vintage Gelatin Silver Print40.64 x 30.48 cms16 x 12 ins
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Ken GrantYoung parents and child in ropes on Mersey ferry, c1992Vintage Gelatin Silver Print40.64 x 30.48 cms16 x 12 ins
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Nick Hedges(Shelter Photograph), 1972Vintage Gelatin Silver Print20.4 x 13.6 cms
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Nick Hedges"Cathy" (Shelter photograph), 1972Vintage Gelatin Silver Print12.7 x 17.78 cms5 x 7 ins
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Jo SpenceGypsies (inside a caravan), 1974Vintage Gelatin Silver Print12.7 x 20.5 cms5 x 8 1/16 ins
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Jo SpenceGypsies (inside a caravan), 1974Vintage Gelatin Silver Print20.3 x 12.7 cms7 15/16 x 5 ins
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Jo SpenceGypsies (inside a caravan), 1974Vintage Gelatin Silver Print20 x 23 cms7 13/16 x 9 1/16 ins
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Jo SpenceGypsies (inside a caravan), 1974Vintage Gelatin Silver Print12.7 x 20.5 cms5 x 8 1/16 ins
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Jo SpenceGypsies (inside a caravan), 1974Vintage Gelatin Silver Print12.7 x 20.3 cms5 x 7 15/16 ins
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Jo SpenceGypsies (inside a caravan), 1974Vintage Gelatin Silver Print11.8 x 17.8 cms4 10/16 x 7 1/16 ins
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Jo SpenceGypsies (inside a caravan), 1974Vintage Gelatin Silver Print12.7 x 20.4 cms5 x 8 1/16 ins
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Markéta LuskačováSeaside, 1978Signed and dated beneath the imageGelatin Silver Print30.5 x 40.6 cms
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Markéta LuskačováSeaside, 1978Signed and dated beneath the imageGelatin Silver Print30.5 x 40.6 cms
12 x 16 ins -
Markéta LuskačováSeaside, 1978Signed and dated beneath the imageGelatin Silver Print30.5 x 40.6 cms
12 x 16 ins -
Markéta LuskačováSeaside, 1978Signed and dated beneath the imageGelatin Silver Print30.5 x 40.6 cms
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Markéta LuskačováN E Seaside, 1978Gelatin Silver Print30.5 x 40.6 cms
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Bert HardyLife in the Elephant - Bathtime, 1948Vintage Gelatin Silver Print23.81 x 16.35 cms9 5/16 x 6 6/16 ins
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Bert HardyLife in the Elephant - Bathtime for Baby, 1948Vintage Gelatin Silver Print17.46 x 23.81 cms6 13/16 x 9 5/16 ins
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Bert HardyLife in the Elephant - Salvation Army Hostel, 1948Vintage Gelatin Silver Print17.15 x 24 cms6 12/16 x 9 7/16 ins
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Charlie PhillipsFamily, Notting Hill, 1973-7Vintage Gelatin Silver Print17.8 x 24.5 cms7 1/16 x 9 10/16 ins
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Kurt HuttonFair Game - Anne, 1943Vintage Gelatin Silver Print25.6 x 19.7 cms10 1/16 x 7 12/16 ins
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Kurt HuttonFair Game - Anne, 1943Vintage Gelatin Silver Print25.4 x 19.7 cms10 x 7 12/16 ins
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Kurt HuttonFair Game - Anne, 1943Vintage Gelatin Silver Print25.4 x 18.4 cms10 x 7 3/16 ins
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Kurt HuttonFair Game - Nancy, 1945Vintage Gelatin Silver Print30.2 x 21.8 cms11 14/16 x 8 9/16 ins
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Edith Tudor-HartSummer Evenings. Tommy, ca.1939Stamped at the back.Vintage Gelatin Silver Print29 x 23.8 cms
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (00 covers), 1999Artist's book23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (01), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (02), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (04), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (05), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (06), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (07), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (08), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (09), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (10), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (11), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (12), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (13), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (14), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Anna FoxMy Mother's Cupboards and My Father's Words (03), 1999C-Type colour print23 x 31.5 cms9 1/16 x 12 6/16 ins
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Richard BillinghamUntitled (from Rays a Laugh), 1995Photograph on aluminium80 x 120 cms31 7/16 x 47 3/16 ins
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Richard BillinghamUntitled (from the series Ray's a laugh), 1990Gelatin silver photo on mount114.4 x 77.7 cms45 1/16 x 30 9/16 ins
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Richard BillinghamUntitled (NRAL 2 from Ray's a Laugh), 1994C-Type photograph mounted on aluminium105 x 158 cms41 5/16 x 62 3/16 ins
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Richard BillinghamUntitled (NRAL21 from Rays a Laugh), 1995C-Type photograph mounted on aluminium80 x 120 cms31 7/16 x 47 3/16 ins
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Richard BillinghamUntitled (RAL 32 from the series Rays a Laugh), 1994C-Type photograph mounted on aluminium50 x 75 cms19 10/16 x 29 8/16 ins
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David MooreBaby and Twins, 1988Vintage C-type print39 x 39 cms15 5/16 x 15 5/16 ins
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David MooreBaby, TV, Earth, 1988Vintage C-type print39 x 39 cms15 5/16 x 15 5/16 ins
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David MooreBible Reading, Janet and Tara, 1988Vintage C-type print39 x 39 cms15 5/16 x 15 5/16 ins
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David MooreBroken Window, 1988Vintage C-type print39 x 39 cms15 5/16 x 15 5/16 ins
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David MooreLisa Cooking, 1988