Lot 15
Ruth Orkin(1921-1985)The Cardplayers
2 February 2021, 12:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$1,912.50 inc. premium
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Ruth Orkin (1921-1985)
The Cardplayers, 1947
A suite of 6 gelatin silver prints, printed later, each with facsimile signature blindstamp in the margin; each numbered consecutively '#1-#6', the first and last signed, titled, dated by Mary Engel, Orkin Estate Executor, in pencil and Estate copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp on the verso.
each 6 1/4 x 9 3/8in (15.8 x 23.8cm)
sheet each 8 x 10in (20.3 x 25.4cm)
A suite of 6 gelatin silver prints, printed later, each with facsimile signature blindstamp in the margin; each numbered consecutively '#1-#6', the first and last signed, titled, dated by Mary Engel, Orkin Estate Executor, in pencil and Estate copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp on the verso.
each 6 1/4 x 9 3/8in (15.8 x 23.8cm)
sheet each 8 x 10in (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Footnotes
Literature
Orkin, A Photo Journal, Viking Press, 1981, p. 48
Marilyn, one of "The Cardplayers", 1947 was a four-year old neighbor and the younger sister of "Jimmy the Storyteller", Every time I came home and saw her playing around my house, I would say to myself, "I have to do something with her, but what?" It took a year before the photographs materialized...
One of Edward Steichen's requirements for inclusion in "The Family of Man" was that there be "single pictures only...no sequences." When the exhibit opened, I asked Steichen why "The Cardplayers" were included. His answer, "Well, we couldn't leave little Marilyn out!"
RUTH ORKIN
