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Ruth Bernhard (German/America, 1905–2006) · 1959
$1,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £833≈ €1,112
Hammer $1,000 · with buyer’s premium $1,250
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in pencil on the mount
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 10 5/8 x 12 7/8in
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Art + Décor (22375)
- Date
- January 26, 2015
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Lot
- 3713
- Estimate
- $2,000 – $3,000 (≈ £1,332 – £1,998) (≈ €1,779 – €2,668)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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