Ruth Bernhard

flush-mounted and mounted again to board, then mounted with wood supports to gray linen-covered board, framed, signed in pencil and with the photographer's '2982 Clay St., Walnut 1-365 3, San Francisco 15, Calif.' studio label, titled in ink, and with the Buhl Collection label on the reverse, 1971

Barry Singer Gallery, Petaluma, 2001

This photograph, on matte-surface paper, is in generally excellent condition. The print is flush-mounted to thin board, which has been mounted to three sheets of sturdy board and wood. The mounted photograph is affixed to the gray linen-wrapped frame-backing with two wood supports. On the reverse of the frame, there are remnants of the brown paper tape originally used to seal the frame.
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