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Nude female torso, seated with bent legs, left knee pointed up and right knee foreshortened, left arm cradling legs.
Classic Torso
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Classic Torso

Artist Ruth Bernhard (American, born Germany, 1905-2006)
Date1952
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsPaper: 16 x 13 1/8 in. (40.64 x 33.34 cm)
Image: 13 x 9 3/4 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Maggie Taylor and Jerry Uelsmann
Object number1994.23.3
Collections
Visual DescriptionNude female torso, seated with bent legs, left knee pointed up and right knee foreshortened, left arm cradling legs.
Seated male figure; legs splayed in front of him; broad torso and shoulders; left arm bent outward; left hand on left knee; hunched back; large head; open mouth; right arm raised with right hand to right corner of coiffure; geometric designs.
Male Mourner
West Mexican Artist
200 - 1 BCE
Nude torso of woman.
Rockport Nude
Ruth Bernhard
1947
In the Box - Horizontal
In the Box - Horizontal
Ruth Bernhard
Negative: 1962; Printed 1992
Reclining on platform raised at top end with two conical pegs; legs bent at knees; right hand on right knee; left arm raised, broken off; wide chest; large nose and chin; braces on either side of head; coiffure decorated with incised lines
Male Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated
Mohammed Agha and Mohammad Zia Mama, November, 2011
Mohammed Agha and Mohammad Zia Mama, November, 2011
Gloriann Liu
2011; print 2016
A black and white photograph of a nude female figure. She balances on her right leg, bending her left knee and raising her left leg behind her. She embraces a marble bust on a pedestal adorned with cloth and flowers. She brings her lips to kiss the sculpture's right cheek. Behind the figure, the railing of a balcony and plants beyond it are visible.
Lebender Marmor [Nude couple living sculpture]
Unknown
undated
Seated figure with right knee to right breast and left leg folded beneath body; hunched back with raised backbone; left hand on stomach; right hand holding large bowl to right shoulder; ornamentation at nose, ears, mouth, and left shoulder; large head with incised lines for hair; small pointed knobs for breasts at sides of chest.
Female Figure
West Mexican Artist
1-300
A up-close black and white photograph of a pair of legs that stand on a rocky terrain. They are visible from the knee down and wear laced sneakers, and are part of an expansive landscape with dark hills visible in the background.
Plate 18, from the series "Earthbound"
Anne Noggle
1979
Silhouettes of three men in front of a bright sky at bottom left; image divided diagonally from top left to bottom right; shadows of the legs of three men at top right.
Three Men in a Reflecting Pool, Santa Barbara
Bruce Weber
1989
Three male nude torsos.
Three Male Torsos, Los Angeles
Herb Ritts
1986
Seated male figure with knees bent and feet placed in front. Arms raised, holding dish on left and scepter on right. Elongated head, good modelling of features, wearing headgear with raised central crest. Body is thick, arms and legs are tubular. Black pigment indicating garment (shorts) around waist and hips. Linear black pigment design in angular spiral on scepter head. Black pigment on headgear. Body, arms, and legs in red pigment.
Seated man with mace and bowl
West Mexican Artist
1-200
View of interior with Baryshnikov standing on his right foot; left leg extended behind him; left arm extended before him; right arm pushed back
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Annie Leibovitz
1990

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