Two Forms

Ruth Bernhard Archive, Princeton University Art Museum. © Trustees of Princeton University

Two Forms

Currently not on view

Two Forms,

1963, printed 1993

Ruth Bernhard, 1905–2006; born Berlin, Germany; died San Francisco, CA
x1994-74.5

Information

Title
Two Forms
Dates

1963, printed 1993

Maker
Ruth Bernhard
Medium
Platinum-palladium print
Dimensions
image: 16.3 x 12.8 cm (6 7/16 x 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 35 x 27.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object Number
x1994-74.5
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Signed in graphite, lower right corner: Ruth Bernhard Titled and dated in graphite, verso lower right corner: Two Forms, 1963 / Portfolio D
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, platinum prints, palladium prints
Techniques
platinum process
Subject
light, darkness, women, figures (representations), nudes

Given to the Princeton University Art Museum by Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006).

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