Lee Miller
Lee Miller (1907 – 77) is one of the most remarkable artists of our generation: a celebrated photographer, respected member of the Surrealist art movement, war correspondent, model and gourmet chef.
In 2007 the V&A hosted the exhibition The Art of Lee Miller, to honour the centenary year of Miller's birth. Curated by Mark Haworth-Booth, the exhibition was accompanied by a portfolio of six silver gelatin prints, representing a cross section of Miller's extraordinary photographic career, which are now proudly in our permanent Photography Collection.
Collection highlights
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'Exploding Hand', photograph by Lee Miller, from the portfolio 'Quintessential Lee Miller: Six photographs by Lee Miller selected by Mark Haworth-Booth', 1930, FranceV&A South Kensington -
'Picnic: Nusch and Paul Éluard, Roland Penrose, Man Ray and Ady Fidelin, Île de Sainte-Marquerite, Cannes, France, 1937', from the portfolio 'Quintessential Lee Miller: Six photographs by Lee Miller selected by Mark Haworth-Booth', 1937V&A South Kensington -
'Bürgermeister of Leipzig's daughter after suicide, Germany', photograph by Lee Miller, from the portfolio 'Quintessential Lee Miller: Six photographs by Lee Miller selected by Mark Haworth-Booth', 1945V&A South Kensington -
'Hampstead Fair, London, England', photograph by Lee Miller, from the portfolio 'Quintessential Lee Miller: Six photographs by Lee Miller selected by Mark Haworth-Booth', 1949V&A South Kensington -
'Women with firemasks, Downshire Hill, London, England', photograph by Lee Miller, from the portfolio 'Quintessential Lee Miller: Six photographs by Lee Miller selected by Mark Haworth-Booth', 1941 -
'Saul Steinberg at Farley Farm, Chiddingly, England', photograph by Lee Miller, from the portfolio 'Quintessential Lee Miller: Six photographs by Lee Miller selected by Mark Haworth-Booth', 1952 -
Lee Miller, photograph, by Arnold Genthe, about 1927 -
Eléctricité, photogravure, by Man Ray, published by Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution de l'Eléctricité, 1931, FranceV&A South Kensington -
Lee Miller Wearing Yraide Sailcloth Overalls, photograph, by George Hoyningen-Huene, 1930
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Header image:
'Women with firemasks, Downshire Hill, London, England', photograph by Lee Miller, from the portfolio Quintessential Lee Miller: Six photographs by Lee Miller selected by Mark Haworth-Booth, 1941. Museum no. E.474:3X-2010. © Lee Miller Archives, England