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Salut de Schiaparelli

1934

Ilse Bing

(American, 1899–1998)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print, solarized
Measurements
Image: 20.3 x 27.9 cm (8 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2019.182
Copyright
© Estate of Ilse Bing
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Salut de Schiaparelli was created to promote a perfume with that name released by Paris designer Elsa Schiaparelli.

Description

Ilse Bing employed solarization here to evoke an otherworldly, surrealistic feeling. The procedure involves quickly re-exposing a photographic print to light during the development process, before the image is fixed. The result is a partial or total reversal of tone, so areas that are dark become light and vice versa. Bing considered darkroom work a final stage in a photograph’s creation.
A vertically oriented solarized black-and-white photograph depicts a woman with a light skin tone reclining in profile facing our left. She has her eyes closed and mouth slightly open, with wavy hair flowing toward the top right. She wears a light-toned, textured sleeveless top. Long-stemmed white lilies and dark leaves surround her against a dark background. Solarized white outlines define the edges of the lily petals and the woman's hair.

Salut de Schiaparelli

1934

Ilse Bing

(American, 1899–1998)
America

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