id:			157559
accession number:	1994.90
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.90
updated:		2025-04-16 18:18:03.572000

On the Fence, 1946. Ruth Bernhard (American, 1905–2006). Gelatin silver print; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.90 © Ruth Bernhard.  All Rights Reserved

title:				On the Fence
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creation date:			1946
creation date earliest:		1946
creation date latest:		1946
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© Ruth Bernhard.  All Rights Reserved

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culture:	America
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Ruth Bernhard (American, 1905–2006)  - artist
Ruth Bernhard American, b. Germany, 1905- Ruth Bernhard studied at the Akademie der Kunst (1925-27) in her native Berlin. In 1927 she moved to New York City, learning the basics of photography during a brief stint in Ralph Steiner's photography department at Delineator magazine. From 1930-36 she worked in the city as a freelance fashion and advertising photographer. During a 1935 trip to California, Bernhard met Edward Weston, whose work she greatly admired. The following year she moved to Santa Monica to study with Weston; by this time, however, he had moved north to settle in Carmel. Bernhard decided to stay in southern California, where she lived and worked as a freelance photographer for the next 17 years. In 1953 she moved to San Francisco, her current home. During the 1960s-70s Bernhard instructed at Utah State University and the University of California Extension, Berkeley and San Francisco. She works primarily in black and white with a viewfinder camera, specializing in nudes, natural forms, and still lifes. M.M.
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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.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "On the Fence 1946/Ruth Bernhard [signed]"; "Vintage proof"
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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, New York
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 96
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