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RUTH BERNHARD
Classic Torso With Hands Crossed
gelatin silver print, signed, titled, and dated in pencil, the photographer's ‘2982 Clay Street, San Francisco, California, 94115’ studio stamp on the reverse, 1952
image: 9⅜ by 7 in. (23.8 by 17.8 cm.)
LITERATURE
James Alinder, Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard (Carmel, 1979), pl. 22
Ginny Williams, Ruth Bernhard: The Collection of Ginny Williams (Denver, 1993), pl. 22
Margaretta K. Mitchell, Ruth Bernard: Between Art & Life (San Francisco, 2000), p. 100
For all enquiries, please contact Aimee.Pflieger@sothebys.com
Guaranteed Property
The seller of lots with this symbol has been guaranteed a minimum price from one auction or a series of auctions. This guarantee may be provided by Sotheby’s or jointly by Sotheby’s and a third party. Sotheby’s and any third parties providing a guarantee jointly with Sotheby’s benefit financially if a guaranteed lot is sold successfully and may incur a loss if the sale is not successful. A third party providing a guarantee jointly with Sotheby's may provide an irrevocable bid, or otherwise bid, on the guaranteed property. If this online-only auction has a printed and/or PDF catalogue and the Guaranteed Property symbol for a lot is not included in that catalogue, the symbol will be included on the lot’s specific webpage and a notice will be added to the Sotheby’s webpage for the auction. If every lot in the online-only auction catalogue is guaranteed, this will be included on the webpage for the auction and, where there is a printed and/or PDF catalogue the Important Notices in that catalogue will state this and this symbol will not be used for each lot.
Classic Torso With Hands Crossed
gelatin silver print, signed, titled, and dated in pencil, the photographer's ‘2982 Clay Street, San Francisco, California, 94115’ studio stamp on the reverse, 1952
image: 9⅜ by 7 in. (23.8 by 17.8 cm.)
LITERATURE
James Alinder, Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard (Carmel, 1979), pl. 22
Ginny Williams, Ruth Bernhard: The Collection of Ginny Williams (Denver, 1993), pl. 22
Margaretta K. Mitchell, Ruth Bernard: Between Art & Life (San Francisco, 2000), p. 100
For all enquiries, please contact Aimee.Pflieger@sothebys.com
Guaranteed Property
The seller of lots with this symbol has been guaranteed a minimum price from one auction or a series of auctions. This guarantee may be provided by Sotheby’s or jointly by Sotheby’s and a third party. Sotheby’s and any third parties providing a guarantee jointly with Sotheby’s benefit financially if a guaranteed lot is sold successfully and may incur a loss if the sale is not successful. A third party providing a guarantee jointly with Sotheby's may provide an irrevocable bid, or otherwise bid, on the guaranteed property. If this online-only auction has a printed and/or PDF catalogue and the Guaranteed Property symbol for a lot is not included in that catalogue, the symbol will be included on the lot’s specific webpage and a notice will be added to the Sotheby’s webpage for the auction. If every lot in the online-only auction catalogue is guaranteed, this will be included on the webpage for the auction and, where there is a printed and/or PDF catalogue the Important Notices in that catalogue will state this and this symbol will not be used for each lot.