Balloon, NYCArtwork Info About the Artist Artist Docs Artist News 1978 Chromogenic print Signed, titled, and dated, in ink, au recto Signed, titled, and dated, in ink, au verso Printed circa 1978 (b. 1921, Boston, USA; d. 1985, New York City, USA) Ruth Orkin was the only child of Mary Ruby, a silent movie actress, and Samuel Orkin, a mechanical wizard, and grew up in Hollywood during the heyday of the 1920's and 1930's. She was given a Univex camera when she was