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Lot description
Ruth Bernhard (American, 1905-2006) Pigeons, San Francisco, 1956 Gelatin silver print, printed later, signed in pencil on the mount, framed. 7 1/2 x 13 1/4in. (10 x 34cm) 19 x 23in. (58 x 49cm/frame) Most of Bernhard's work is studio-based, black and white, ranging from simple still lifes to complex nudes. She also is known for her lesbian themed works, most notably Two Forms (1962). In that work, a black woman and a white woman who were real-life lovers. Bernhard was inducted into the Women's Caucus for Art in 1981. Bernhard was hailed by Ansel Adams as the greatest photographer of the nude. Her work is in the collections of: Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA), San Diego Portland Museum of Art San Jose Museum of Art Minneapolis Institute of Art International Photography Hall of Fame, St.Louis