Ballet "L'Errante", Paris

1933

Ilse Bing

Associated Names
Ilse Bing

Artist, American, born Germany, 1899 - 1998

This is a photograph of an indoor scene featuring a flowing dark form and stark shadows. The image captures a blurred, flowing shape that seems to be in motion across a backdrop of vertical curtains or drapes. A shadow ladder is prominently cast on the light-colored backdrop on the left side. The harmonious contrast between light and shadow, sharp lines, and soft motion creates a striking visual effect.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kaspar Fleischmann, Zurich; (sale, Christie’s, Paris, 13 November 2014, no. 67, as Le Ballet Russe, Paris). (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York); private collection; (Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco); NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

Inscriptions

by artist, lower right in black ink: ILSE BING / 1933; upper right, stamped in black ink on mount: ILSE BING / PARIS / 1933; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 7022; along right edge: 213 [illegible]

Wikidata ID

Q64155263

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