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Lot 49

Ruth Orkin
(American, 1921-1985)
American Girl in Florence, Italy

2 February 2021, 12:00 EST
New York

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Ruth Orkin (American, 1921-1985)

American Girl in Florence, Italy, 1951
Oversized gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on box mount and printed later, signed, titled and dated in ink on the recto; accompanied by an exhibition catalogue, Ruth Orkin, An American Girl in Italy: The Making of A Classic, Orkin Archive/ Howard Greenberg Gallery, September 16 - October 22, 2005.
sheet /flush-mount 31 3/4 x 48in (80.7 x 122cm)
box-mount dimensions 31 3/4 x 48 x 1 3/4in (80.7 x 122 x 4.4cm)

Footnotes

Literature
Orkin, A Photo Journal, Viking Press, 1981, pp. 90-91
Ruth Orkin: A Retrospective, International Center for Photography, New York, May 5-July 16, 1995, exhibition catalogue, p. 9
Ruth Orkin: Above and Beyond, Ruth Orkin Archive/ Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, December 9, 1999-January 22, 2000, exhibition catalogue, p. 9
Ruth Orkin, An American Girl in Italy: The Making of A Classic, Ruth Orkin Archive/ Howard Greenberg Gallery, September 16 - October 22, 2005, exhibition catalogue, cover and pl. 10
Cornic, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin: Outside - From Street Photography to Filmmaking, Carlotta Films, 2014, pp. 106-107

This extremely rare, oversized and box-mounted version of Ruth Orkin's celebrated image is the last signed print of this kind in the Archive's collection.

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