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Collections

Ruth Bernhard
Buddha Doll1938, printed 1974

Not on view
Sepia-toned square photograph of a worn, cracked baby doll curled tightly with arms and legs folded, lit from above against a near-black background
Artist or Maker
Ruth Bernhard
Germany, Berlin, active United States, 1905-2006
Title
Buddha Doll
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1938, printed 1974
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 15/16 × 7 1/4 in. (17.62 × 18.42 cm) Primary support: 6 15/16 × 7 1/4 in. (17.62 × 18.42 cm) Secondary support: 19 5/8 × 15 11/16 in. (49.85 × 39.85 cm) Mat: 20 1/16 × 16 in. (50.96 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.218
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Pohlmann, Ulrich, ed. Qui a peur des femmes photographes? 1839-1945. Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 2015.

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.

Copyright
Reproduced with the permission of the Ruth Bernhard Archive, Princeton University Art Museum. © Trustees of Princeton University.