Ballet "L'Errante", Paris

1933

Ilse Bing

Associated Names
Ilse Bing

Artist, American, born Germany, 1899 - 1998

This is a photograph of a dance performance. The image shows a dynamic scene on a stage, with blurred movements and soft focus conveying motion. The central focus is on two figures embracing, surrounded by other blurred figures in motion. They are enveloped in flowing garments, and the lighting is subdued, creating elongated shadows.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 28.3 × 22.2 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
    mount: 41.6 × 34.8 cm (16 3/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.53.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Millon & Associés, Paris, November 2009); (Charles Nes Photography LLC, New York); NGA purchase, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • The New Woman Behind the Camera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022, no. 215.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower left in black ink: ILSE BING / 1933; upper right of mount artist stamp in black ink: ILSE BING / PARIS / 1933

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