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"tombstone": "New York at Night, 1936. Ilse Bing (American, 1899\u20131998). Gelatin silver print; image: 18.9 x 28.3 cm (7 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); mounted: 35.7 x 41.8 cm (14 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.); paper: 18.9 x 28.3 cm (7 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2012.393. \u00a9 Estate of Ilse Bing",
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"inscription": "Written in pencil on verso of mount: \"10,000\" \"[181 (crossed out in black ink) 188 (written in black ink)-66-D2]\" \"IB-NYC-015.2\"\r\nWritten in white ink on recto of image in lower left corner: \"ILSE BING/1936\"\r\nCommercially imprinted on verso: \"Agfa-Brovira\"\r\n",
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"title": "Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica",
"description": "Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-October 11, 2020).",
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"description": "In 1936 one of Ilse Bing\u2019s patrons arranged for her to spend almost two months in New York City. In this daytime view of Manhattan\u2019s skyscrapers shot from an elevated train platform, a self-portrait is hidden in the glass cover of the coin-operated scale. Bing also photographed the skyline by night, declaring the city\u2019s lighting \u201cphosphorescent.\u201d The scale of the metropolis made her feel, she recalled, like \u201can atom wandering in the universe.\u201d Bing and her work were enthusiastically received there. She had a solo exhibition of her photographs and met with magazine officials at Fortune, Time, and Life, which was then still in the conceptual stages. Despite possible employment, she returned to Paris to be with her fianc\u00e9, pianist and musicologist Konrad Wolff.",
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"biography": "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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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:19.228000"
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