Circus Horses Jumping Through Fire, New York

Artist Ilse Bing (German, 1899 - 1998)

Date1936

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 14 x 19 1/2 inches (35.56 x 49.53 cm)
Sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 inches (40.64 x 50.48 cm)
Mat: 22 x 28 inches (55.88 x 71.12 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2010.18.7

SignedArtist's signature and date in ink in upper left corner of image: "ILSE/BING/1936.

InscribedOn back of print in pencil: in center: "ILSE/ BING/1936" and "horses jumping through fire"; in lower right corner: "BSG 387.1A".

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DescriptionView made in a circus of a team of horses about to leap over flaming barriers; horses' forms are dark and slightly blurred, smoke rises in upper center of image.

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