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On the Fence

1946

Ruth Bernhard

(American, 1905–2006)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 14.3 x 24 cm (5 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1994.90
Copyright
© Ruth Bernhard. All Rights Reserved
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a nude woman with a light skin tone lying face down along the top rail of a white wooden fence. Her dark hair hangs over the edge to our left while her back curves along the center, her legs crossing at the ankles toward our right. Beyond the fence, a soft landscape of trees and hills recedes under a pale sky.

On the Fence

1946

Ruth Bernhard

(American, 1905–2006)
America

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