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Self-Portrait

1953

Ilse Bing

Associated Names

Ilse Bing

Artist, American, born Germany, 1899 - 1998

This is a photograph of a shadow cast on a stone wall with plants in the foreground. The image captures the silhouette of a figure with an outstretched hand projected on a textured stone wall. In the foreground, there are tall plants growing from the ground and reaching upward, their outlines crisp against the shadow. The light and shadow contrast highlights the detailed texture of both the stone wall and the plants.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Richard and Judith Smooke
Dimensions

sheet: 50.5 x 40.4 cm (19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2003.68.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Schwartz Ltd., New York); NGA purchase, 2003.

Associated Names

Schwartz, Ltd., Charles

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: Ilse / Bing / 1953 / Ilse / Bing / Ilse / Bing / 1953; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 137 / + / 90

Wikidata ID

Q64155262

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