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Hand, Jones Beach, New York

Artist Ruth Bernhard (American, born Germany, 1905 - 2006)
Date1946
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (20 x 25.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3886
InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Mount
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionGelatin silver print of hand in the sand. Printing date uncertain; multiple mount on brown board; signature on front of mount.Exhibition History

Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.

Provenance
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Laurence Miller Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1992;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
CopyrightReproduced with permission of The Ruth Bernhard Archive, Princeton University Art Museum. © Trustees of Princeton University
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