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        "tombstone": "Gold Lam\u00e9 Shoes for Harper's Bazaar, 1935, printed later. Ilse Bing (American, 1899\u20131998). 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. \u00a9 Estate of Ilse Bing",
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        "title": "Gold Lam\u00e9 Shoes for Harper's Bazaar",
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        "collection": "PH - American 1900-1950",
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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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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Estate of Ilse Bing",
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                "inscription": "Written in white, upper left, recto: \u201cILSE BING/1935\u201d",
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                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \u201cILSE/BING/1935\u201d",
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            {
                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \u201cgold lame shoes (for Harper\u2019s Bazaar-Paris Oct. 1935)/7115\u201d",
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            {
                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \u201cIBMA-121.2 5000\u201d",
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                {
                    "id": 370361,
                    "title": "Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica",
                    "description": "<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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                "date": "December 7, 2020",
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        "did_you_know": "Ilse Bing was the first professional photographer to wholeheartedly adopt the first widely available 35mm still camera.",
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        "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\u2019 sculptural shapes while revealing their shining 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.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 36-37, fig. 19",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:54:05.102000"
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