The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
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The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body

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

The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
Hips Horizontal
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
The Eternal Body
Two Forms

Currently not on view

The Eternal Body,

1976

Ruth Bernhard, 1905–2006; born Berlin, Germany; died San Francisco, CA
x1994-72.1-.10

Information

Title
The Eternal Body
Dates

1976

Maker
Ruth Bernhard
Medium
Gelatin silver prints
Dimensions
44.4 × 38.3 × 3.4 cm (17 1/2 × 15 1/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object Number
x1994-72.1-.10
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Signed in ink on cover sheet: Ruth Bernhard Each mount is inscribed and signed in graphite, below lower left and right corners of image: a.p. / Ruth Bernhard Each print inscribed in graphite, verso upper left: [Number in portfolio sequence and title]
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, gelatin silver process
Subject
portfolios (containers)

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

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