Ruth Bernhard
'Two Forms' , 1963 (Dated)
Lot #398 |
2022-03-17 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Discoveries
Category:
Photograph
Estimate:
USD 3,000 - 5,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10922
Auction name: Modern Discoveries
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2022-03-17
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Modern Art
Department: Photography & Video
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Dimensions: 13Ā¾ by 10 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
34.9
Width In Centimeters:
26.7
Height In Inches:
13.75
Width In Inches:
10
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Year notes: Dated in 1963.
Provenance
Ginny Williams, Denver Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
James Alinder, Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard , Carmel, 1979, pl. 28, illustrated Ruth Bernhard and Margaretta Mitchell, Ruth Bernhard: The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes, San Francisco, 1986, pl. 25, illustrated Ginny Williams, Ruth Bernhard: The Collection of Ginny Williams, Denver, 1993, pl. 19, illustrated Margaretta K. Mitchell, Ruth Bernard: Between Art & Life , San Francisco, 2000, p. 102, illustrated
Catalog summary
Ruth Bernhard 1905 - 2006 'Two Forms' signed Ruth Bernhard (on the front and reverse of the mount); titled Two Forms (on the reverse of the mount); dated 1963 (on the reverse of the mount) gelatin silver print, mounted 13Ā¾ by 10 in. 34.9 by 26.7 cm. Executed in 1963 and printed later. Provenance Ginny Williams, Denver Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature James Alinder, Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard , Carmel, 1979, pl. 28, illustrated Ruth Bernhard and Margaretta Mitchell, Ruth Bernhard: The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes, San Francisco, 1986, pl. 25, illustrated Ginny Williams, Ruth Bernhard: The Collection of Ginny Williams, Denver, 1993, pl. 19, illustrated Margaretta K. Mitchell, Ruth Bernard: Between Art & Life , San Francisco, 2000, p. 102, illustrated