Paris, man reading paper, Tuilleries
Photograph
1931 (photographed), 1980s (printed)
1931 (photographed), 1980s (printed)
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| Place of origin |
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. This photograph was taken when Bing was relatively new to the city and was completing many magazine assignments. It shows the influence of Bing’s contemporary, the photographer André Kertész who was also living in Paris at that time. Kertész also took documentary images of everyday life. In this photograph, the chairs behind the main subject almost take on human form. Bing also photographed chairs in isolation, influenced by the Surrealist movement.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Paris, man reading paper, Tuilleries (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | Paris, man reading paper, Tuilleries, photograph by Ilse Bing, 1931, printed later |
| Physical description | This gelatin silver print shows a man dressed in black, wearing a bowler hat, long coat with an umbrella. Sitting in the foreground of the image, reading a newspaper, accompanied by five empty chairs. Two female seated figures can be seen in the background. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'ILSE BING 1931' (Artist's signature, black ink, bottom right of image) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Ilse Bing Wolff |
| Production | Probably printed 1980s |
| Subjects depicted | |
| 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. This photograph was taken when Bing was relatively new to the city and was completing many magazine assignments. It shows the influence of Bing’s contemporary, the photographer André Kertész who was also living in Paris at that time. Kertész also took documentary images of everyday life. In this photograph, the chairs behind the main subject almost take on human form. Bing also photographed chairs in isolation, influenced by the Surrealist movement. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3071-2004 |
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| Record created | October 31, 2005 |
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