On View
Not on viewObject number1996/7.6
Classic Torso with Hands
Maker
Ruth Bernhard
(American, 1905-2006)
Date1952
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionsmat: 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)
mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
image (flush): 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)
mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
image (flush): 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)
Credit LineArt Auction Fund
Exhibition History"Selections from the Permanent Collection," KIA (Mar. - Apr. 1997).
"Abstraction in Landscape," KIA Second floor (Feb. - Dec. 2008).
"Light Works: Photographs from the Collection," KIA Long Gallery (Sept. 18 - Dec. 12, 2010).
"Light Works: A Century of Photography," KIA traveling exhibit. Nassau County Museum of Art, (Nov. 19, 2016 - Mar. 5, 2017).
"Art, Music & Feminism in the 1950s," KIA Galleries 3 & 4 (January 21 - May 7, 2023).Label TextRuth Bernhard is best known for her work as a fine art and commercial photographer and for her black and white photographs of the human form, particularly the female nude. Bernhard's work focuses on the sensual and emotional aspects of the human body and demonstrates a mastery of the use of light and shadow. She also created many portraits of artists and celebrities that were published in many popular magazines and books. Through her work, Bernhard, like Imogen Cunningham (also featured in this presentation), helped to elevate photography as a fine art in the West Coast arts scene and had a significant impact on the medium’s technical advances in the United States. [Label for "Art, Music & Feminism in the 1950s”, 2023]
