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Bing, Ilse
(1899-1998)Three Men on Seine Steps

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Three Men on Seine Steps. 1931. Gelatin silver print, printed later, mounted to original board. 26,5 x 34 cm. Signed and dated by the photographer in black ink in the lower right; signed, titled, and dated in ink and pencil on mount verso.

Ilse Bing's move from her birth city Frankfurt to the avant-garde and surrealist scene in Paris marked the start of the most notable period of her career. She produced images in the fields of photojournalism, architectural photography, advertising and fashion, and her work was published in magazines such as Le Monde Illustrée, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. In 1931, Bing's work was exhibited in both France and Germany. Her rapid success as a photographer, and her position as the only professional in Paris to use an advanced Leica camera, earned her the title "Queen of the Leica", coined by the critic and photographer Emmanuel Sougez, whom she met in 1931.

Literatur: Larisa Dryansky and Edwynn Houk. Ilse Bing. Photography Through the Looking Glass. New York: Abrams, 2006, ill. p. 125.