Schubi and Me

1948

Ilse Bing

Associated Names
Ilse Bing

Artist, American, born Germany, 1899 - 1998

This is a photograph of a shadow of a person taking a picture on a textured wall beside a dog walking on the pavement. A ladder leans against the wall. The wall has a door or panel painted a lighter color and a darker textured lower part. The shadow of a person holding a camera is cast on the wall. A blurred dog in motion is in the foreground, and its shadow is also visible on the wall, parallel to the person's silhouette. The image is in black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ilse Bing Wolff

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.7 x 26.1 cm (11 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.147.71

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Estate of Ilse Bing Wolff, New York, NY; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Bibliography

1985

  • Ilse Bing: Three Decades of Photography. Exh. cat. New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, 1985, pl. 57.

Wikidata ID

Q64155252

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