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        "tombstone": "Grapes in Paper Bag, 1953. Ilse Bing (American, 1899\u20131998). 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. \u00a9 Estate of Ilse Bing",
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        "title": "Grapes in Paper Bag",
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        "department": "Photography",
        "collection": "PH - American 1951-Present",
        "type": "Photograph",
        "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.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Estate of Ilse Bing",
        "inscriptions": [
            {
                "inscription": "On recto, bottom white margin: \" Chell\".(?)\nOn verso, written in pencil, printed by artist: \" ILSE/BING/1953\"/ \"[734-253-E7]  IB-LRG-02/.2 \"/ \" 5000\"/31/6-\".",
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                {
                    "id": 370361,
                    "title": "Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica",
                    "description": "<i>Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-October 11, 2020).",
                    "opening_date": "2020-03-06T05:00:00"
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        "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 \u201cgreater depth of field and clearer details than ever before with the Leica.\u201d This elegant still life glories in its presentation of the objects\u2019 textures, especially the smooth, translucent skins of the grapes contrasted with the matte paper bag.",
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        "creditline": "Gift of George Stephanopoulos",
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                "description": "Ilse Bing (American, 1899\u20131998)",
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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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                "birth_year": "1899",
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        "accession_date": "2014-12-01T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1948,
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        "alternate_titles": [
            "Grapes"
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:30.561000"
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