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Ruth Bernhard

Berlin 1905 – 2006 San Francisco

"Three Dolls“ / Nude Study / Two Cows / "Doorknob“ / "Two Forms“ / "Joan Standing“. 1937/75

5 Vintages. Gelatin silver prints, of which 1 contact print, as well as 1 later gelatin silver print. 1 photo Agfa paper. From 6,5 × 5,1 cm to 18,6 × 23,2 cm (2 ½ × 2 in. to 7 ⅜ × 9 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Ruth Bernhard.

Estimate:

EUR 2,000

 

- 2,500

USD 2,200

 

- 2,750

Sold for:

2,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2019

Photography, Wednesday, 27.11.2019

Information

5 Vintages. Gelatin silver prints, of which 1 contact print, as well as 1 later gelatin silver print. 1 photo Agfa paper. From 6,5 × 5,1 cm to 18,6 × 23,2 cm (2 ½ × 2 in. to 7 ⅜ × 9 ⅛ in.). 1 photo signed in pencil on the reverse, 4 photos monogrammed in pencil, 5 photos titled, annotated and numbered with blue ballpoint pen, pencil and red coloured pencil. 1 photo with photographer's stamp: "RUTH BERNHARD, 2982 CLAY ST., ... SAN FRANCISCO 15. CALIF.“, 1 photo with mounted paper label, thereupon printed address information. 4 photos inscribed and numbered in pencil and blue ballpoint pen by various hands on the reverse. 1 photo mounted on original cardboard (24,3 × 17,8 cm), thereupon titled and numbered by Ruth Bernhard with blue ballpoint pen on the reverse, as well as numbered in pencil by another hand.

Ruth Bernhard. The Eternal Body. A Collection of Fifty Nudes. San Francisco 1986, pl. 22 (there titled: Luminous Body), pl. 25 / exh. cat.: Ruth Bernhard. A Retrospektive from Ginny Williams Collection. Denver, Art Museum; Arvada, Center of the Arts and Humanities, 1993, unpaginated, pl. 6 and pl. 19

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