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"tombstone": "Model's Feet Wearing Two-Toned Shoes, 1934. Ilse Bing (American, 1899\u20131998). Gelatin silver print; image: 22.2 x 28 cm (8 3/4 x 11 in.); mounted: 34.7 x 41.8 cm (13 11/16 x 16 7/16 in.); paper: 22.2 x 28 cm (8 3/4 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2014.532. \u00a9 Estate of Ilse Bing",
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"inscription": "Recto: On bottom ,left corner of photo image, printed by artist, in black: \" ILSE BING/1934\".\nImprinted in black type, on recto of mount: \"ILSE BING/PARIS/1934\".\nVerso: Commercially imprinted throughout the verso of photo paper: \" Agfa Brovira \".\nVerso of mount, written in pencil: \"[1189-425-D7]\"",
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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": "Ilse Bing\u2019s assignment from a Frankfurt newspaper to cover the couture ball in Paris led to commissions from designers and fashion magazines, including French Vogue. In November 1933 she began doing all the Paris accessory shoots for the American magazine Harper\u2019s Bazaar. Although the Leica was associated with candid photography, she used it in the studio to create staged still lifes of shoes, jewelry, handbags, and belts, and occasionally views of shoes on a model\u2019s feet. Accustomed to using available light, Bing had to master artificial lighting. Preferring a natural look, she avoided bright spots and deep shadows in favor of gently modeled highlights that emphasized the objects\u2019 sculptural shapes while revealing their polished surfaces.",
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"citation": "Lee, Key Jo, and William Griswold. Perceptual Drift: Black Art and an Ethics of Looking. Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.",
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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 06:53:30.608000"
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