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The Swing, Paris Fair

1933

Ilse Bing

(American, 1899–1998)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 28.3 x 22.3 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.); Mounted: 41.9 x 34.9 cm (16 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 2007.30
Copyright
© Estate of Ilse Bing
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

A couple enjoys one of the rides at a popular, historical Parisian street festival known as the Gingerbread Fair. Like Bing’s cancan photographs, the real subjects here are the sensations of motion and excitement.
Vertically oriented, black-and-white photograph depicting two people standing in a ship-shaped swing, captured at the moment the swing has swung out parallel to the ground. Facing each other, the two people crouch slightly, each gripping the flanking two of the four lines suspending the swing. The swing's lines run roughly parallel with an overhanging canopy and its stripes. In the background, trees are outlined against the sky.

The Swing, Paris Fair

1933

Ilse Bing

(American, 1899–1998)
America

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