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Lot 50

Ruth Orkin
(American, 1921-1985)
Selection of Favorite Male Portraits

2 February 2021, 12:00 EST
New York

US$18,000 - US$22,000

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Ruth Orkin (American, 1921-1985)

Selection of Favorite Male Portraits, 1940s-1960s
25 unique gelatin silver contact prints, printed 1940s-1960s and mounted by the artist on a hand-carved wooden plaque, the majority with sitter credit in the artist's hand in ink on a label affixed on the frame (below each corresponding portrait.)
each approximately 2 1/8 x 1 5/8in (5.6 x 4.1cm)
overall 14 x 14in (35.6 x 35.6cm)

Footnotes

Exhibited
Ruth Orkin: A Retrospective, International Center for Photography, New York, May 5-July 16, 1995

Sitters as follows:

Top row: Fredric March, Albert Einstein, Woody Allen, Lukas Foss (marked incorrectly) and Orson Welles.
Second row: Spencer Tracy, Jascha Heifetz, Abba Eban, Fred Allen and W.H. Auden.
Third row: Jeff Chandler, Rex Harrison, Kirk Douglas, Leonard Bernstein and Robert Capa.
Fourth row: Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Danny Kaye, Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift.
Bottom row: Donald O'Connor, Herbert Marshall, Red Skelton, Gary Cooper and Ralph Bunch.

This unique and very personal collection of portraits was assembled by Ruth Orkin and displayed in her home throughout her life.

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