Dancing Grasses

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

Dancing Grasses

Currently not on view

Dancing Grasses,

1971

Ruth Bernhard, 1905–2006; born Berlin, Germany; died San Francisco, CA
2008-914

Information

Title
Dancing Grasses
Dates

1971

Maker
Ruth Bernhard
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
27 × 26 cm (10 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.) mount: 50.8 x 40.7 cm. (20 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Ruth Bernhard
Object Number
2008-914
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Colorado, Aspen

Signatures
Signed on mount lower right below image
Inscription
Titled and signed in graphite, verso: Dancing Grasses / Ruth Bernhard
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, gelatin silver process
Subject
grasses, rock (inorganic material)

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

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