Eiffel Tower, Paris

1931

Ilse Bing

Associated Names
Ilse Bing

Artist, American, born Germany, 1899 - 1998

This is a photograph showing intricate, geometrical, metallic latticework from an elevated position. The image captures the converging lines and structure of a large metal framework casting shadows on the ground below. Underneath the structure, a pathway is visible with multiple figures walking or standing, casting long shadows on the ground. The composition contrasts industrial architecture with human scale, capturing light and shadow through the metal's pattern and the people's figures. The photograph conveys structure, space, and movement in a single frame.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York); purchased with donated funds from The Circle of the National Gallery of Art by NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Bibliography

1998

  • Ilse Bing: Vision of a Century. Exh. cat. Edwynn Houk Gallery. New York, 1998: p. 53.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Ilse Bing / 1931; all on mount: upper left stamped in black ink: artist's stamp; all by later hands: lower left verso in graphite: cbi; lower right verso in graphite: PC1

Wikidata ID

Q64155169

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