Ruth Orkin(American, 1921-1985)Selection of Favorite Male Portraits
US$18,000 - US$22,000
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Ruth Orkin (American, 1921-1985)
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.