RUTH ORKIN (1921-1985)
Lot 82 'The Cardplayers was shot in 1947 near the corner of Horatio and W. Washington streets. Marilyn, the star player, was four years old. The sequence of six photos has been published many times since it first appeared in This Week magazine in....In 1955 it was the only sequence published in The Family of Man.' (Orkin's descriptive caption)

RUTH ORKIN (1921-1985)

The Cardplayers, 1947

Closed6 October 2011

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RUTH ORKIN (1921-1985)
The Cardplayers, 1947
9 gelatin silver print maquette, the majority mounted back to back on paper, printed c. 1960
title in ink and typed description (on the mount)
varying sizes from 4 5/8 x 6in. (11.7 x 15cm.) to 4 x 5in. (10 x 12.7cm.) (9)

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The maquette includes four unpublished images from the series.

The "Cardplayers" was shot in 1947 near the corner of Horatio and W. Washington streets. Marilyn, the star player, was four years old. The sequence of six photos has been published many times since it first appeared in This Week magazine in ___. In 1955 it was the only sequence published in "The Family of Man".' (Orkin's descriptive caption)