For over half a century, acclaimed photographer Ruth Bernhard has worked to "simplify, isolate, and give emphasis to form with greatest clarity" in her radiant photographs of the female nude. Now, with Chronicle Books' timely reissue of her best-selling volume, "The Eternal Body, " Bernhard's most evocative images are once again available in a superb collection, complete with an insightfill text, that pays tribute to a living legend. Hauntingly sensual yet classically reserved, the book's ethereal duotone photographs appear to be illuminated from within so that even the simplest lines of the human form -- a draped torso, a curved neck, an angled limb -- take on a complexity not often seen in work of this kind. A master artist whose technical prowess places her among the ranks of the greatest photographers of our time, Ruth Bernhard has created a masterpiece of expression and sensitivity in" The Eternal Body."
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Outstanding...the greatest photographer of the nude. Ansel Adams
Margaretta Mitchell first became interested in Ruth Bernhard's work in 1979 while preparing for her book, Recollections: Ten Women of Photography, and curating the traveling exhibition which followed. A dedicated photographer herself, Mitchell is the autho Ruth Bernhard Ruth Bernhard, now in her late eighties, has been honored with exhibitions in prestigious museums and galleries throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and Mexico. Her work has also been acquired extensively by universities and private c
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Oblong folio in pink cloth, titles in silver. No shelfwear, no rubbing to the cloth, no creases or tears to the dustjacket. The spine of the jacket is mildly sunned. Seller Inventory # 267128
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Pink cloth, silver titles. 1st Edition. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.8 lb. Very good, covers slightly bowed, in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear and a little sunning. 50 black and white photographs by Ruth Bernhard. 30.3x31.5 cm. 50 full-page photos plus 24 pp. text. Seller Inventory # 355743
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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A beautifully printed collection of some of Bernhard's most iconic black and white nudes. Features an essay by Margaretta Mitchell. A clean and tight very near fine copy in cloth boards and in near fine dust jacket with some minor wear and the usual sunning to the spine and with a laid in prospectus for the limited edition. A pleasing copy of this attractive monograph. Seller Inventory # 204563
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine DJ. B/W Plates (illustrator). First Edition. 50, 24. Pink Cloth. First Printing, First Edition Stated. A Fine Book In A Near Fine Dj With A Little Rubbing At Tips And Top/Bottom Of Spine, Slight Fading Of Jacket. Seller Inventory # 027957
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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0961651512
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Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. ".presents for the first time a collection of Bernhard's finest nudes in a single elegantly bound monograph. Many of the photographs in this volume have never been exhibited and the addition of important unseen work unveils for the first time the full range of Bernhard's genius." Described by Ansel Adams as the greatest photographer of the nude, Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006) created a collection of images that ranks among the most profound photographs of the female form. Her intense, studied camerawork transcended the boundaries between the spirit and the flesh. Includes an essay by Margaret K. Mitchell. Oblong quarto. Original pink cloth binding, with silver titles. The dust jacket is sun faded along the spine; else very good or better. Seller Inventory # 77269
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Seller: monobooks, Waterford, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition stated. Hardcover in full pink cloth with pink DJ with nude photograph on front cover. Condition very fine, DJ very good++, slight shelfwear at rear cover, spine and portion of covers turned greenish from sunning. Large square 4to, not paginated through, 50 full page plates with titles on opposite pages and 24 pages essay and biography by M. Mitchell 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 010035
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Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 50 full-page photographs, plus 24 pages text by Margaretta K. Mitchell. First Edition stated. Collectible. Tight binding, clean and crisp pages. A touch of light shelf/edge wear to dustjacket, with sunning to spine, otherwise Fine. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not Ex-library. A very collectible copy protected in a new Mylar cover. Scarce in this condition. ; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Seller Inventory # 03325
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Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Original edition. Signed by Bernhard on the title page. Includes some ephemera. Dust jacket faded along spine. Seller Inventory # 105876
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Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. This is the original 1986 Edition. Limited, numbered edition, SIGNED by Bernhard. Mild cover wear, else a clean copy in slipcase. No jacket. ; 12.20 X 11.80 X 1 inches; 124 pages. Seller Inventory # 499135
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