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Ruth Bernhard

Gift of the Commonplace

Estimate
$2,500 - 3,500
$2,413
Lot Details
San Francisco: Joseph G. Folberg and Vision Editions, 1994. Ten platinum-palladium prints.
1936-1976
Each approximately 6 x 7 3/4 in. (15.2 x 19.7 cm) or the reverse
Each signed in pencil in the margin; each titled, dated, numbered 4/40, copyright notation and annotations in an unidentified hand in pencil on the verso. Number 4 from an edition of 40 plus 9 lettered sets. Each print contained within a stitch-bound folder, with letterpress title, artist's statement and colophon, enclosed within a black silk-covered slipcase with silver-stamped photographer's initials on the cover.
Catalogue Essay
The photographs included in this lot are as follows:

Creation, 1936
Teapot, 1976
Two Leaves, 1952
Skull and Rosary, 1945
Straws, 1930
Lifesavers, 1930
One World, 1946
Angelwing, 1943
Candy, 1942
Door Knob, 1975

Ruth Bernhard

GermanBrowse Artist