id:			171783
accession number:	2014.532
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.532
updated:		2025-02-15 12:46:42.162000

Model's Feet Wearing Two-Toned Shoes, 1934. Ilse Bing (American, 1899–1998). 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 © Estate of Ilse Bing

title:				Model's Feet Wearing Two-Toned Shoes
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creation date:			1934
creation date earliest:		1929
creation date latest:		1938
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
copyright:			© Estate of Ilse Bing

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culture:	America
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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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.
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measurements: 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.)
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	inscription:	Recto: On bottom ,left corner of photo image, printed by artist, in black: " ILSE BING/1934".
Imprinted in black type, on recto of mount: "ILSE BING/PARIS/1934".
Verso: Commercially imprinted throughout the verso of photo paper: " Agfa Brovira ".
Verso of mount, written in pencil: "[1189-425-D7]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica
	opening date:   2020-03-06T05:00:00
	<i>Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-October 11, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	George Stephanopoulos [1961-], New York, NY
	date: ?-2014
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 1, 2014
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Key Jo, and William Griswold. Perceptual Drift: Black Art and an Ethics of Looking. Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced:p. 36, fig. 18
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