Ilse Bing
[Eiffel Tower, Paris]

[Eiffel Tower, Paris]

© Estate of Ilse Bing Wolff

[Eiffel Tower, Paris]
[Eiffel Tower, Paris]
ArtistAmerican, born Germany, 1899–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Eiffel Tower, Paris]
Date1952
Place depictedParis, France
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Ilse Bing Wolff
Object number2001.424
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionBing returned to Paris several times in the years immediately after World War II, taking up the camera with renewed vigor. By this point, she had abandoned the Leica for the larger-format Rolleiflex, producing images marked by a greater stillness and graphic quality. For instance, in the 1930s she photographed from within the Eiffel Tower, looking at the crowds of people below; by contrast, in this photograph from the early 1950s she focused on the rigorous geometries of metal lines against a cloudy sky.
ProvenanceEstate of Ilse Bing Wolff, New York; given to MFAH, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in white ink, recto, top left corner over image: ILSE // BING // 1952
Signed in pencil, verso, center: ILSE // BING // 1952 // Tour Eiffel
Signed in pencil, verso, lower center: ILSE // BING // 1952 // Tour Eiffel
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom left corner [upside down]: 117/0
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge: [523-214-E3]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right edge in pencil: HH
Signed in white ink, recto, top left corner over image: ILSE // BING // 1952
Signed in pencil, verso, center: ILSE // BING // 1952 // Tour Eiffel
Signed in pencil, verso, lower center: ILSE // BING // 1952 // Tour Eiffel

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