Paris - Eiffel Tower - branches - lamp
Photograph
1933 (photographed), 1993 (printed)
1933 (photographed), 1993 (printed)
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Ilse Bing (1899-1998) was one of several leading women photographers in the inter-war period. Born into a Jewish family in Frankfurt, she initially pursued an academic career before moving to Paris in 1930 to concentrate on photography.
Bing had been commissioned to take photographs of the Eiffel Tower for Monde illustré in 1931 and was interested in the interaction of the metallic structure in a human context. Here she returns to the subject of the Eiffel Tower, positioning it through a modernist filter of steep perspectives and off-centre compositions.
Bing had been commissioned to take photographs of the Eiffel Tower for Monde illustré in 1931 and was interested in the interaction of the metallic structure in a human context. Here she returns to the subject of the Eiffel Tower, positioning it through a modernist filter of steep perspectives and off-centre compositions.
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Title | Paris - Eiffel Tower - branches - lamp (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
Brief description | 'Paris - Eiffel Tower - branches - lamp', by Ilse Bing (1899-1998), 1933, gelatin-silver print, printed 1993 |
Physical description | Black and white photograph of the Eiffel Tower viewed from below, with lamp at an angle on left and branches of a tree on right. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Ilse Bing Wolff |
Production | printed later |
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Summary | Ilse Bing (1899-1998) was one of several leading women photographers in the inter-war period. Born into a Jewish family in Frankfurt, she initially pursued an academic career before moving to Paris in 1930 to concentrate on photography. Bing had been commissioned to take photographs of the Eiffel Tower for Monde illustré in 1931 and was interested in the interaction of the metallic structure in a human context. Here she returns to the subject of the Eiffel Tower, positioning it through a modernist filter of steep perspectives and off-centre compositions. |
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Accession number | E.3062-2004 |
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Record created | October 24, 2005 |
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