id: 171783 accession number: 2014.532 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.532 updated: 2022-01-04 18:00:23.428000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1934 creation date earliest: 1929 creation date latest: 1938 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: 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: 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]" 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 George Stephanopoulos [1961-], New York, NY date: ?-2014 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: December 1, 2014 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Ilse Bing’s 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’s 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’s 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’ sculptural shapes while revealing their polished surfaces. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES