Lot 5731 - ibid131 Photography - online only - Thursday, 08. December 2022, 02.00 PM
RUTH BERNHARD
(Berlin 1905–2006 San Francisco)
Sand Dune, 1967.
Gelatin silver print. Printed later. Flush-mounted to matt.
16.1 x 34.3 cm. Matted, framed.
The mount signed in pencil, the verso signed, titled and dated in pencil. Matted, framed.
Literatur: Margaretta Mitchell (Text). Ruth Bernhard. The eternal body: a collection of fifty nudes. San Francisco, 1986 (ill. 27).
Provenance:
- With Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich, May 1993 (label on verso).
- Swiss private collection.
"In photographing the nude, it is my aim to transform the complexities of the figure into harmonies of simplified form, illuminating the innate life force and spirit as well as the underlying remarkable bone structure. The endless variety of nature's designs and shapes amaze and thrill me." (Ruth Bernhard cit. after Mitchell, 1986, foreword).
To the right bottom tiny retouching. Else close to pristine.
Provenance:
- With Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich, May 1993 (label on verso).
- Swiss private collection.
"In photographing the nude, it is my aim to transform the complexities of the figure into harmonies of simplified form, illuminating the innate life force and spirit as well as the underlying remarkable bone structure. The endless variety of nature's designs and shapes amaze and thrill me." (Ruth Bernhard cit. after Mitchell, 1986, foreword).
To the right bottom tiny retouching. Else close to pristine.
CHF 3 000 / 4 000 | (€ 3 090 / 4 120)
Sold for CHF 2 750 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.