- Study for Schiaparelli's Perfume, Salut
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 3/4 in. (28.3 × 22.2 cm)
Mount: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm)
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As she pursued her independent projects, Bing worked with
some of the biggest names in fashion, including Paul Poiret and Jean-Charles
Worth, and contributed photographs to magazines such as Paris Vogue and Harper’s
Bazaar. Bing’s energetic, experimental style appealed to a fashion industry
looking for more spontaneous imagery than the conservative studio photography
of the past. She made this study for an advertisement for the Italian designer
Elsa Schiaparelli’s Salut, an evening
fragrance with white lily notes. Bing solarized the negative, partially
reversing its tones to create an ethereal picture of the glamorous model.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 23–September 22, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, top left corner: 35 [circled]
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, center: photographic design for // Schiaparelli lily perfume: // "Salut de Schiaparelli" // Paris 1934 // ILSE // BING
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, bottom left: AT // 194 // 35 // IB-6591-C R/O
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