id:			372003
accession number:	2020.292
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.292
updated:		2023-09-13 11:02:59.066000

Gold Lamé Shoes for Harper's Bazaar, 1935, printed later. Ilse Bing (American, 1899–1998). Gelatin silver print; image: 24 x 30.2 cm (9 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.); paper: 28.1 x 35.3 cm (11 1/16 x 13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2020.292 © Estate of Ilse Bing

title:				Gold Lamé Shoes for Harper's Bazaar
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creation date:			1935, printed later
creation date earliest:		1935
creation date latest:		1935
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creditline:			Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
copyright:			© Estate of Ilse Bing

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culture:	America, 20th century
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: Image: 24 x 30.2 cm (9 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Paper: 28.1 x 35.3 cm (11 1/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in white, upper left, recto: “ILSE BING/1935”
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “ILSE/BING/1935”
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “gold lame shoes (for Harper’s Bazaar-Paris Oct. 1935)/7115”
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “IBMA-121.2 5000”
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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

	Estate of the Artist
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	Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 7, 2020
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fun fact:
Ilse Bing was the first professional photographer to wholeheartedly adopt the first widely available 35mm still camera.

digital description:
Although the 35mm Leica was associated with candid photography, Bing used it in the studio to create staged still lifes of shoes, jewelry, handbags, and belts. 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 shining surfaces.

wall description:
The evening dress seen here was by Elsa Schiaparelli, one of the most prominent Parisian clothing designers between the World Wars. The two women met in fall 1933 and worked together through 1934. Both strong-minded, successful women, they also shared affinities for Surrealism and fantasy. In both views of the dress, Bing emphasizes the silhouette of the puffs at the shoulder, which were a hallmark of Schiaparelli’s fall 1933 collection, and the glistening, sleek fabric.
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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: pp. 36-37, fig. 19
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