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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

Ruth Bernhard, Buddha Doll, 1938, printed 1974, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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.