id:			165570
accession number:	2007.30
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.30
updated:		2023-11-30 01:36:18.033000

The Swing, Paris Fair, 1933. Ilse Bing (American, 1899–1998). Gelatin silver print; image: 28.3 x 22.3 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.); mounted: 41.9 x 34.9 cm (16 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2007.30 © Estate of Ilse Bing

title:				The Swing, Paris Fair
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creation date:			1933
creation date earliest:		1933
creation date latest:		1933
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© Estate of Ilse Bing

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Ilse Bing (American, 1899–1998)  - artist
Ilse Bing (American, b. Germany, 1899-1998). Ilse Bing became interested in photography while pursuing a doctoral degree in art history at Frankfurt University. Around 1927-28 she began taking photographs to illustrate her dissertation and in 1930 decided to move to Paris to look for freelance assignments. Using the new 35mm Leica camera, she worked as a fashion, portrait, and architectural photographer, as well as a photojournalist. During her years in Paris she took part in numerous exhibitions, including the Museum of Modern Art's Photography 1839-1937 show in New York. In 1941 Bing and her husband immigrated to the United States, settling in New York City. In New York she began to work on a different scale, using the larger-format Rolleiflex camera as well as electronic flash. By 1957 she was working exclusively in color. Two years later Bing gave up photography to concentrate on painting and poetry.
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measurements: Image: 28.3 x 22.3 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.); Mounted: 41.9 x 34.9 cm (16 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed in fine opaque material on surface of print: "Ilse Bing/1933"
Written in pencil on verso: "Ilse/Bing/Paris"
Written in pencil on mount: "Paris Faire"

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	inscription:	Black stamp on recto of mount: "ILSE BING/PARIS"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Accommodations of Desire: Surrealist Works on Paper Collected by Julien Levy
	opening date:   2004-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>Accommodations of Desire: Surrealist Works on Paper Collected by Julien Levy</i>. Palmer Museum of Art (September 14-December 5, 2004); McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, MA (January 16-March 27, 2005); Crocker Art Museum, Sacaramento, CA (July 9-September 11, 2005); Portland Museum of Art (January 1-March 19, 2006).

	title:		Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography
	opening date:   2014-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2014-January 11, 2015).

	title:		Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica
	opening date:   2020-03-07T05:00:00
	<i>Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 7-October 11, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of the photographer, New York, NY
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	(Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY)
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	Paul Hertzmann, California
	date: 1999
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	David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY
	date: 2007
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E. Hinson, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner. Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography : the David Raymond Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2014.
	page number: 	cat. no. 119, p. 167
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	Schaffner, Ingrid, Julien Levy, and Colin Westerbeck. Accommodations of Desire: Surrealist Works on Paper Collected by Julien Levy. Pasadena, Calif: Curatorial Assistance, Inc, 2004.
	page number: 	p. 83
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