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Ruth Orkin Israeli Teenager Photograph
Ruth Orkin Israeli Teenager Photograph
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Description
Ruth Orkin
New York, California, Massachusetts,1921-1985
Depicts the portrait of a young girl with short hair large eyes and slight smile glancing to the side. Orkin was a self taught photographer who worked for many major magazine publications in the 1940's and shot practices at Tanglewood in the summers. In 1951 LIFE Magazine sent Orkin to Israel with the Israeli Philharmonic and later on to Italy where she met fellow artist Nina Lee Craig.
Photograph
Titled, signed, and dated "Israeli Teenager Miriam Schnoock age 15, Tel Aviv, 1951 Ruth Orkin 1952" in pencil on mat under image.
From the collection of a Cumberland, Rhode Island estate.
Sight 9 1/2" x 13 1/2".Frame 16" x 20 1/4"
Condition
Frame with light wear, mat with some light foxing throughout, photograph behind glass, in otherwise good condition and displays well.
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Ruth Orkin Israeli Teenager Photograph

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