id: 171776 accession number: 2014.526 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.526 updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:04.263000 Grapes in Paper Bag, 1953. Ilse Bing (American, 1899–1998). gelatin silver print; image: 47.5 x 40.4 cm (18 11/16 x 15 7/8 in.); paper: 50.4 x 40.4 cm (19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2014.526 © Estate of Ilse Bing title: Grapes in Paper Bag title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1953 creation date earliest: 1948 creation date latest: 1958 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 1951-Present 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: 47.5 x 40.4 cm (18 11/16 x 15 7/8 in.); Paper: 50.4 x 40.4 cm (19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: On recto, bottom white margin: " Chell".(?) On verso, written in pencil, printed by artist: " ILSE/BING/1953"/ "[734-253-E7] IB-LRG-02/.2 "/ " 5000"/31/6-". 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: In 1950 Ilse Bing started using a Rolleiflex, a twin lens, medium-format camera. She felt that its larger negatives allowed her to make bigger prints and offered “greater depth of field and clearer details than ever before with the Leica.” This elegant still life glories in its presentation of the objects’ textures, especially the smooth, translucent skins of the grapes contrasted with the matte paper bag. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES