BERNHARD RUTH (1905 2006) Abstract Torso

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BERNHARD, RUTH (1905-2006)
"Abstract Torso." Silver print, 13x10 1/2 inches (33x26.7 cm.), with Bernhard's signature, in pencil, on mount recto and her signature, title, and date, in pencil, and copyright handstamp, on mount verso. 1947; printed 1990s

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Ruth Bernhard was born in Berlin and began her photographic studies at the Berlin Academy of Art. In 1927 Bernhard moved to New York and became a commercial photographer. On a trip to California, in 1935, she met Edward Weston, who deeply influenced her artistic vision. Inspired by Weston's dedication to his art, she moved to California to study with him. She lived briefly in Carmel, but soon moved to Hollywood, where she opened a commercial portrait studio while developing her own artistic projects. In 1957, she relocatedto San Francisco, where she worked until the end of her life.

Best-known for her sensual nude studies, Bernhard primarily worked in black-and-white and occasionally in color, using a distinctively muted palette. Her color prints are scarce, and render the human form with beauty and grace.