Ruth Bernhard
'Two Forms'
Lot #160 |
2022-11-16 |
Sotheby's, Paris
Photographs, Including Works from the Collection of Ernesto Esposito
Category:
Drawing
Estimate:
EUR 3,000 - 5,000 (currency of sale)
USD 3,255 - 5,425 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: PF2274
Auction name: Photographs, Including Works from the Collection of Ernesto Esposito
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: Paris
Start date: 2022-11-16
Currency: EUR
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Photography
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 34.6 by 26 cm
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
34.6
Width In Centimeters:
26
Height In Inches:
13.625
Width In Inches:
10.25
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Provenance
Acquired directly from the photographer by the present owner
Literature
Alinder, James, Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard (The Friends of Photography, 1979), pl. 28 Bernhard, Ruth, The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes (San Francisco, 1986), pl.25 Ruth Bernhard: The Collection of Ginny Williams (Santa Fe: The Ginny Williams Foundation, 1993), pl. 19 K. Mitchell, Margaretta, Ruth Bernhard: Between Art & Life (San Francisco, 2000), pg. 102
Catalog summary
Ruth Bernhard 1905 - 2006 'Two Forms' gelatin silver print, mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1963, printed later image: 34.6 by 26 cm (13ā
by 10Ā¼ in.) frame: 60.3 by 50.2 cm (23Ā¾ by 19Ā¾ in.) Provenance Acquired directly from the photographer by the present owner Literature Alinder, James, Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard (The Friends of Photography, 1979), pl. 28 Bernhard, Ruth, The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes (San Francisco, 1986), pl.25 Ruth Bernhard: The Collection of Ginny Williams (Santa Fe: The Ginny Williams Foundation, 1993), pl. 19 K. Mitchell, Margaretta, Ruth Bernhard: Between Art & Life (San Francisco, 2000), pg. 102