Ilse Bing
Eiffel Tower Behind Fence, Paris

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Artist Ilse Bing (American, born Germany, 1899–1998)American, 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

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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