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Ruth Bernhard
Star Shell1943

Not on view
Black-and-white close-up photograph of a flat spiral shell with radiating spines and curling tendrils against a rippled, reflective background
Artist or Maker
Ruth Bernhard
Title
Star Shell
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1943
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19.05 × 23.9 cm) Primary support: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.78 × 35.4 cm) Mat: 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.64 × 50.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.217
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
Reproduced with the permission of the Ruth Bernhard Archive, Princeton University Art Museum. © Trustees of Princeton University.