Ruth Bernhard - Photographs New York Tuesday, April 4, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Mitchell, Ruth Bernhard: Between Art & Life, pp. 56-57, 68-69, 87, 103, 107, 131
    Woodrose, Ruth Bernhard: Gift of the Commonplace, pls. 4, 7, 9, 13, 17-18, 21, 24, 28, 31

  • 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

315

Gift of the Commonplace

1936-1976
San Francisco: Joseph G. Folberg and Vision Editions, 1994. Ten platinum-palladium prints.
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.

Estimate
$2,500 - 3,500 

Sold for $2,413

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Photographs

New York Auction 4 April 2023