Ruth Bernhard
Embryo, New York

Embryo, New York

Reproduced with permission of The Ruth Bernhard Archive, Princeton University Art Museum. © 1934 Trustees of Princeton University.

Embryo, New York
Embryo, New York
ArtistAmerican, born Germany, 1905–2006
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Embryo, New York
Date1934
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Mount: 15 3/4 × 19 3/8 in. (40 × 49.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.662
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenanceartist; bought by Manfred Heiting from Jan Kesner Gallery, 8/22/1985
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso center in pencil: arrow pointing up / Embryo 1934 / my first nude! / New York- / N.Y.; bottom edge center: RB512
verso lower center in pencil: Ruth Bernhard

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