The Honorable Daisy Fellowes, Harper's Bazaar
Artist
Ilse Bing
(German, 1899 - 1998)
Date1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 11/16 inches (27.15 × 22.07 cm)
Mount: 16 1/2 × 13 11/16 inches (41.91 × 34.77 cm)
Mount: 16 1/2 × 13 11/16 inches (41.91 × 34.77 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.4
SignedSigned and dated on image recto, upper left corner, in black pen: "ILSE BING / 1933";
Artist's stamp on mount recto, upper right, in black ink: "ILSE BING / PARIS / 1933"
InscribedOn mount recto, upper left, in pencil: "The honorable Daisy Fellowes / Harpers Bazaar"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pink pencil: [oval marking].;
On mount verso, bottom of left edge, in pencil: "1B 142 CNY";
On mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "hat by Rebout", "P14501B", "IBI00000-SP";
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "#19".
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DescriptionImage of a woman wearing a felted wool Peter Pan style hat with two feathers tucked into a folded seam. The woman's head is tilted down so that the hat covers the left side of her face.Gallery LabelIn the 1930s, avant-garde artistic techniques began to permeate fashion design and photography. Ilse Bing’s striking and unusual photograph of a hat designed by House Caroline Reboux (French, active 1870–1956) features a slanting angle and tight crop, highlighting its textures and form.
A self-taught photographer, Bing moved to Paris, France, in 1930, where she worked as a freelance photographer for various European and American publications. She received her first assignments for Harper’s Bazaar thanks to the French American heiress and socialite Daisy Fellowes (featured in this photograph), who served as a correspondent for Harper’s Bazaar from 1933 to 1935.
Purchased from Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Estate of Ilse Bing, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, N.Y.
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