Ilse Bing
Eiffel Tower Behind Fence, Paris

Eiffel Tower Behind Fence, Paris

© Estate of Ilse Bing Wolff

Eiffel Tower Behind Fence, Paris
Eiffel Tower Behind Fence, Paris
ArtistAmerican, born Germany, 1899–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Eiffel Tower Behind Fence, Paris
Date1952
Place depictedParis, France
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 19 5/8 × 15 7/8 in. (49.8 × 40.4 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.6 × 40.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Ilse Bing Wolff
Object number2001.419
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view

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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
Inscribed in pencil, verso, rop right coner: 24 x 8
Signed in pencil, verso, center: ILSE // BING // 1952
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge:[510-212-E3]
Signed in pencil, verso, center: ILSE // BING // 1952

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