All Paris in a Box
Artist
Ilse Bing
(German, 1899 - 1998)
Date1952
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.64 × 50.48 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Ilse Bing Wolff
Object number2001.9.6
SignedSigned and dated on image recto, lower right corner, in white pen: "ILSE / BING / 1952";
Signed and dated on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "ISLE / BING / 1952"
InscribedTitled on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "all Paris in a boy [sic]"
MarkingsOn sheet recto, lower left edge, in pencil: "extra";
On sheet verso, right edge, in pencil: "HHH" [illeg.];
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "[528-215-E3]".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a wooden box opened to reveal many Paris-themed souvenirs - Eiffel Tower replicas in various sizes, postcards, books, and jewelry.Exhibition HistoryRotation 23. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City,
MO, January 18 – May 28, 2017, no cat.
Estate of Ilse Bing Wolff, New York, NY;
Given by the estate of Ilse Bing Wolff to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2001.
Copyright© Estate of Ilse Bing, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, N.Y.
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