Self-Portrait
Photograph
1945 (made)
1945 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| 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.
In Paris Bing established herself as a freelance photographer, applying elements of her oblique, sober, experimental style to commercial photography, including photojournalism, architectural and theatrical photography, advertising, fashion and portraiture. Here, revisiting her earlier minimal self-portraits, Bing maintains a style of uncompromising self-scrutiny.
In Paris Bing established herself as a freelance photographer, applying elements of her oblique, sober, experimental style to commercial photography, including photojournalism, architectural and theatrical photography, advertising, fashion and portraiture. Here, revisiting her earlier minimal self-portraits, Bing maintains a style of uncompromising self-scrutiny.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Self-Portrait (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | Self portrait by Ilse Bing, photograph, gelatin-silver print, 1945 |
| Physical description | Black and white portrait photograph of a middle-aged woman with short fringe, dark eyes and wearing a white shirt, looking intently out of the photograph. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Ilse Bing' (reverse in pencil, written by Bing) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Ilse Bing Wolff |
| Production | Possibly 1940s or 50s vintage print |
| Subject 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. In Paris Bing established herself as a freelance photographer, applying elements of her oblique, sober, experimental style to commercial photography, including photojournalism, architectural and theatrical photography, advertising, fashion and portraiture. Here, revisiting her earlier minimal self-portraits, Bing maintains a style of uncompromising self-scrutiny. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3039-2004 |
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| Record created | August 4, 2004 |
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