Lot #1356: RUTH BERNHARD - Shell in Silk - Original vintage photoengraving

   

Artist: Ruth Bernhard (American, 1905-2006).
Title: "Shell in Silk".
Medium: Original vintage photoengraving.
Date: Composed c1936. Printed 1937.
Dimensions: Image size: 7 x 8 1/4 in. (178 x 210 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition size unspecified, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): We believe this to be a horizontal composition (image #1) but we have seen it presented vertically (image #2). Image copyright © The Estate of Ruth Bernhard. [25892-2-225]