Sand Dune

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

Sand Dune

Currently not on view

Sand Dune,

1967, printed 1997

Ruth Bernhard, 1905–2006; born Berlin, Germany; died San Francisco, CA
2008-831

Information

Title
Sand Dune
Dates

1967, printed 1997

Maker
Ruth Bernhard
Medium
Platinum-palladium print
Dimensions
image: 22 x 39 cm. (8 11/16 x 15 3/8 in.) sheet: 36 x 51 cm. (14 3/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Ruth Bernhard
Object Number
2008-831
Place Made

North America, United States, California, San Francisco

Signatures
Signed on sheet lower right below image
Inscription
Signed, titled, and dated in graphite, verso: © Ruth Bernhard / All Rights Reserved / Sand Dune, 1967 / 21/25 / 1997
Culture
American
Type
photographs, platinum prints, platinum process
Materials
paper (fiber product), palladium, platinum
Techniques
platinum process, iron processes
Subject
figures (representations), backs, symbolism, dunes, hips, women, nudes

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

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