id: 170216 accession number: 2012.395 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.395 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:33.040000 Self-Portrait, 1945. Ilse Bing (American, 1899–1998). Gelatin silver print; image: 33.9 x 26.5 cm (13 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.); mounted: 50.7 x 40.5 cm (19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.); paper: 33.9 x 26.5 cm (13 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2012.395 © Estate of Ilse Bing title: Self-Portrait title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1945 creation date earliest: 1945 creation date latest: 1945 current location: creditline: Gift of George Stephanopoulos copyright: © Estate of Ilse Bing --- culture: America, 20th century technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1900-1950 type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- 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. --- measurements: Image: 33.9 x 26.5 cm (13 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.); Mounted: 50.7 x 40.5 cm (19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.); Paper: 33.9 x 26.5 cm (13 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in black marker in upper right corner of recto: "ILSE BING (signed)/1945" Written in pencil on verso of mount: "6500 [940-297-E15] IB-SPT-031.2" Written in pencil on verso of mount: "ILSE/BING (signed)/1945" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica opening date: 2020-03-07T05:00:00 Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 7-October 11, 2020). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES