Against the Light

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

Against the Light

Currently not on view

Against the Light,

1951

Ruth Bernhard, 1905–2006; born Berlin, Germany; died San Francisco, CA
2008-642

Information

Title
Against the Light
Dates

1951

Maker
Ruth Bernhard
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
18 × 21 cm (7 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.) mount: 35.5 x 28 cm. (14 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Ruth Bernhard
Object Number
2008-642
Place Made

North America, United States

Signatures
Signed on mount lower right below image (twice)
Inscription
Titled, dated, and signed in graphite, verso: Against the Light, 1951 / Vintage / Ruth Bernhard
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped: © Ruth Bernhard / All Rights Reserved
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, gelatin silver process
Subject
figures (representations), hair, women, light, shadows, nudes

By bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum from Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006).

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