Ruth Bernhard
'Two Forms'
Lot #40 |
2020-11-27 |
Sotheby's, New York
Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection
Category:
Drawing
Estimate:
USD 1,000 - 1,500 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10434
Auction name: Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2020-11-27
End date: 2020-12-04
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Photography
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 3/4Â by 10 1/2Â in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
34.9
Width In Centimeters:
26.7
Height In Inches:
13.75
Width In Inches:
10.5
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Edition: 4
Edition notes: Edition 3/4.
Literature
James Alinder, Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard (Carmel, 1979), pl. 29 Ruth Bernhard: The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes (San Francisco, 1986), pl. 25 Ginny Williams, Ruth Bernhard: The Collection of Ginny Williams (Denver, 1993), pl. 19 Margaretta K. Mitchell, Ruth Bernard: Between Art & Life (San Francisco, 2000), p. 102
Catalog summary
Ruth Bernhard 1905 - 2006 'Two Forms' gelatin silver print, mounted to black board, signed in pencil on the mount, signed and dated in pencil, titled in ink, the photographer's '2982 Clay Street, San Francisco, California, 94115’ studio stamp and red monogram chop on the reverse, framed, 1963; accompanied by a Ginny Williams Gallery label (2) image: 13 3/4 by 10 1/2 in. (34.9 by 26.7 cm.) frame: 20 1/4 by 16 1/4 in. (54 by 41.3 cm.) Literature James Alinder, Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard (Carmel, 1979), pl. 29 Ruth Bernhard: The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes (San Francisco, 1986), pl. 25 Ginny Williams, Ruth Bernhard: The Collection of Ginny Williams (Denver, 1993), pl. 19 Margaretta K. Mitchell, Ruth Bernard: Between Art & Life (San Francisco, 2000), p. 102