The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
Champ de Mars from the Eiffel Tower
1931 (printed 1950s)
(American, 1899–1998)
Image: 20.3 x 27.9 cm (8 x 11 in.)
© Estate of Ilse Bing
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Ilse Bing was known as the “Queen of the Leica.”Description
Radical viewpoints—especially the worm’s- or bird’s-eye view—were a hallmark of 1920s and 1930s avant-garde imagery, reflecting a new attitude toward space spurred by recent technological innovations such as the skyscraper and the airplane. Bing was one of the first professionals to adopt the Leica, a lightweight, small 35 mm camera. It did not require a tripod and could easily be held at any angle, thus especially suited to this new way of seeing.- Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NYSeptember 3, 2019the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- "In perspective: art-world news and market updates, exhibitions and events: Leica queen." Art & antiques 43, no. 3 (March 2020): p.24-35. Reproduced: p. 30; Mention: p. 30Tannenbaum, Barbara. “Queen of the Leica: Ilse Bing found freedom of expression in a small, lightweight camera.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 30-31. Reproduced: P. 31.Exhibitions--Extended Dates. "Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 3 (Summer 2020): 4-5. Reproduced: P. 5; Mentioned: P. 4.
- Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 7-October 11, 2020).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.179