Baronne Van Zuilen
Photograph
1943 (photographed), 1991 (printed)
1943 (photographed), 1991 (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.In 1941 she emigrated from Paris to New York to escape imprisonment during the Second World War. After a break from photography, she began to start taking commissions for portraits again.
Bing applied elements of her oblique, sober, experimental style to commercial photography. This partly solarised print of Baroness Van Zuilen uses light and stark outlines to surreal effect, recalling some of Bing’s photographs from the 1930s. The lilies behind are abstract, framing the sitter as she floats in her lavish outfit.
Bing applied elements of her oblique, sober, experimental style to commercial photography. This partly solarised print of Baroness Van Zuilen uses light and stark outlines to surreal effect, recalling some of Bing’s photographs from the 1930s. The lilies behind are abstract, framing the sitter as she floats in her lavish outfit.
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Title | Baronne Van Zuilen (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print from solarised negative |
Brief description | Baronne Van Zuilen, photograph by Ilse Bing (1899-1998), 1943, solarised gelatin-silver print, printed 1991 |
Physical description | Portrait of a woman from a solarised negative surrounded by lilies. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Ilse Bing Wolff |
Production | Printed 1991 |
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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.In 1941 she emigrated from Paris to New York to escape imprisonment during the Second World War. After a break from photography, she began to start taking commissions for portraits again. Bing applied elements of her oblique, sober, experimental style to commercial photography. This partly solarised print of Baroness Van Zuilen uses light and stark outlines to surreal effect, recalling some of Bing’s photographs from the 1930s. The lilies behind are abstract, framing the sitter as she floats in her lavish outfit. |
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Accession number | E.3065-2004 |
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Record created | October 24, 2005 |
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