Bing, Ilse. Cheval de Marly, Paris, 1934, printed 1988. gelatin silver print, Image: 26.1 x 34 cm (10 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.); Paper: 27.8 x 35.4 cm (10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.). Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, 2020.295. Copyrighted undefined.

Cheval de Marly, Paris

1934, printed 1988

Ilse Bing

Ilse Bing (American, 1899–1998)

Photography

Cheval de Marly, Paris, 1934, printed 1988. Ilse Bing (American, 1899–1998). Gelatin silver print; image: 26.1 x 34 cm (10 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.); paper: 27.8 x 35.4 cm (10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2020.295 © Estate of Ilse Bing Bing employed it for night views of Paris to impart what she described as “a surrealistic atmosphere.” The technique involves briefly re-exposing a partially developed negative or print to light, which caused positive and negative values to reverse in some, but not all, areas of the image. This sculpture, Mercury Mounted on Pegasus, 1702, stands in the Tuileries Garden in the center of Paris. Ilse Bing used a technique called solarization to produce dreamlike, supernatural scenes.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Bing, Ilse
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: gelatin silver print
Medium: gelatin, silver, print
Dimensions: Image: 26.1 x 34 cm (10 1/4 x 13 3/8 in.); Paper: 27.8 x 35.4 cm (10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Written in black ink, lower left, recto: “ILSE BING/1934” Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: “ILSE/BING/1934/PARIS/Cheval de Marly/pr 1988” Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: “IBMB-322.5 3500”
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2020.295
Credit Line: Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
Exhibitions: Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined