The albertina presents a survey of the work in its breadth and depth, with the aid of 100 selected pieces. “nude bent forward” is a 1930 photograph by the artist lee miller, associated with the surrealism art movement Miller mastered lighting and printing techniques
Lee Miller, 1931.
She also gained a reputation for portraits, fashion photography, and experimental compositions, such as this nude study, with surrealist themes.
Miller's father introduced her and her brothers to photography at an early age
Born in poughkeepsie, new york, in 1907, miller got started with photography by having her picture taken hundreds of times—often nude—by her father, an amateur photographer with a darkroom tucked under the stairs of the family house. The present lot is a rare, sequenced, photographic portrait of lee miller by man ray It was created during the relatively brief but famous period of time that the two artists spent together in paris as teacher and apprentice, as lovers, and as collaborators. The earliest known nude study of lee miller, who was christened elizabeth, was made by her father, theodore, an engineer whose hobby was photography.
