Eiffel Tower, Paris

Photography and Media

1931

Ilse Bing
American, born Germany, 1899–1998

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Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Ilse Bing
Title: Eiffel Tower, Paris
Place: Frankfurt am Main (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1931
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; verso unchecked
Dimensions: Paper: 22.2 × 28.2 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean and Julien Levy
Reference Number: 1977.194

Travis, David. 1976. “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget.” Exh. cat. p. 29, cat. 18.

Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
Chicago, IL, Arts Club of Chicago, “Anni Albers: Prints / Ella Bergmann: Drawings / Ilse Bing: Photographs,” September 11–October 22.
Akron Art Museum, “A History of Women Photographers,” September 6–November 2, 1997; traveled to The New York Public Library, October 19, 1996–January 4, 1997.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was,” August 13–November 6, 2005. (David Travis).
Art Institute of Chicago, “Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Art and Photography of Paris,” September 20, 2008–January 4, 2009. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photography on Display: Modern Treasures,” May 9–September 13, 2009.
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Modern Series: Shatter Rupture Break,” February 15-May 3, 2015.

8 Ilse Bing, Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1931

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