id:			344411
accession number:	2019.86
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.86
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:06.635000

2 Cows, Mendham, New Jersey, 1937. Ruth Bernhard (American, 1905–2006). Gelatin silver print; image and paper: 23.1 x 30.9 cm (9 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Arielle Kozloff Brodkey in memory of Dr. Jerald S. Brodkey 2019.86

title:				2 Cows, Mendham, New Jersey
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creation date:			1937
creation date earliest:		1937
creation date latest:		1937
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creditline:			Gift of Arielle Kozloff Brodkey in memory of Dr. Jerald S. Brodkey
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culture:	America, 20th century
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 and paper: 23.1 x 30.9 cm (9 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on recto of image, in lower right: “Ruth Bernhard”
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on foam core backing: “Two Cows, 1937, Printed by/Ruth Bernhard
Bernhard/Vintage/For Arielle”
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PROVENANCE

	Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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	Arielle Broadkey, Cleveland, OH
	date: Early 2000s
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: June 3, 2019
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