id:			322060
accession number:	2018.387
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.387
updated:		2022-03-31 09:00:39.963000

Shoe against Dark Background for Harper's Bazaar, 1934. Ilse Bing (American, 1899-1998). Gelatin silver print; paper: 35 x 41.8 cm (13 3/4 x 16 7/16 in.); image: 18.1 x 28.3 cm (7 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.387 © Estate of Ilse Bing

title:				Shoe against Dark Background for Harper's Bazaar
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creation date:			1934
creation date earliest:		1934
creation date latest:		1934
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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
American and German photographer, born 1899 or 1900, died 1998
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measurements: Paper: 35 x 41.8 cm (13 3/4 x 16 7/16 in.); Image: 18.1 x 28.3 cm (7 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Stamped in black ink on recto of tan colored mounting paper: "ILSE BING/ PARIS/ 1934"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto of tan colored mounting paper: "Pour/ 'Harper's Bazar'"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil inside mat: "IB-FAS-30   8K  005  3/13"
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	inscription:	Written in red colored pencil on verso: "O"
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	inscription:	Commercially imprinted throughout on verso: "Afga-Brovira"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso of tan colored mounting paper: "[1222-441-D7]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica
	opening date:   2020-03-07T05:00:00
	<i>Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 7-October 11, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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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 <em>Vogue.</em> In November 1933 she began doing all the Paris accessory shoots for the American magazine <em>Harper’s Bazaar.</em> 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.
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