THE ETERNAL BODY - A COLLECTION OF FIFTY NUDES - PHOTOGRAPHS by RUTH BERNHARD.

SIGNED by RUTH BERNHARD on the title page.

Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1994. Second edition (first Chronicle Books edition, second edition overall - first published by Photography West Gallery, Carmel, in 1986). First printing of the Chronicle Books edition, with the number line starting at 1.

Large format book in dustjacket, 12.25x12 inches. ILLUSTRATED with FIFTY PHOTOGRAPHS by Ruth Bernhard, each photo printed on its own page with a caption on the facing page. There are a few pages of introductory text by Ruth Bernhard, and a 24 page essay at the rear titled THE NUDE - Symbol and Light, by Margaretta K. Mitchell.

Condition: FINE book, sharp, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a NEAR FINE dustjacket that has some light shelf rubs and a few line indents. A solid, lovely copy.

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