The Trocadero seen from Pont des Invalides
Artist
Ilse Bing
(American (born Germany), 1899 - 1998)
CultureAmerican | German
Date1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 3/16 × 8 1/2 in. (28.4 × 21.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 1/2 × 13 5/8 in. (41.9 × 34.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 23 1/8 × 20 1/16 in. (58.7 × 51 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 1/2 × 13 5/8 in. (41.9 × 34.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 23 1/8 × 20 1/16 in. (58.7 × 51 cm)
InscribedSigned lower left: Ilse Bing 1935
Credit LineGift of the Ilse Bing Estate
Object number2004.13.8
Not on view
Label TextIlse Bing
American (b. Germany, 1899-1998)
The Trocadero seen from Pont des Invalides, 1935
Gift of the Ilse Bing Estate T2004.9.8
During the 1930s, Ilse Bing was a pioneering avant-garde photographer in Paris, working for magazines such as VU, Arts et Metiers Graphiques, and Le Monde Illustre and shooting fashion for Harper's Bazaar and Schiaparelli. Working exclusively with a Leica, she was among the earliest to use the small handheld camera. In 1936, during a visit to New York, she declined an offer to work for Life magazine and instead returned to France to marry. In 1940, the Vichy government interned her and her husband as enemy aliens. A year later they immigrated to New York where she remained for the rest of her life. She was included in the Museum of Modern Art's first landmark exhibition of photography in 1937 as well as the Louvre's in 1936.
Edited By: GLY
Edited Date: 09/2004
Approved By: MHM
Approval Date: 09/21/2005Exhibition History"Photography Speaks," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, September 4, 2004 - January 2, 2005.
