Four nudes silver prints from Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006)
Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006) "Dark Torso with Hands."
Silver print, 11x8 1/4 inches (28x21 cm.), with Bernhard's signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and her signature, title, date, in pencil, and copyright stamp on mount verso. 1971; printed 1970s-early 1980s - Estimate $5,000-7,500
The Eternal Body, 38.
Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006) " Abstract Torso."
Silver print, 12 1/2x10 1/2 inches (31.7x26.7 cm.), with Bernhard's signature, in pencil, on mount recto, and her title, date, signature, in pencil, and copyright stamp on mount verso. 1947; printed 1970s-early 1980s - Estimate $4,000-6,000
The Eternal Body, 7.
Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006) "At the Pool."
Silver print, 13 1/4x10 1/2 inches (33.7x26.7 cm.), with Bernhard's signature, title and date, in pencil, on verso. 1951; printed 1970s - Estimate $2,000-3,000
Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006) "Hips Horizontal."
Silver print, 7 1/4x9 1/2 inches (18.4x24.1 cm.), with Bernhard's signature and edition notations 64/75, in pencil, on mount recto. 1975; printed 1984 - Estimate $1,800-2,200
The Eternal Body, 49.
SWANN GALLERIES, INC. PHOTOGRAPHIC LITERATURE & FINE PHOTOGRAPHS. December 8, 2009 - Swann Auction Galleries