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Tea and Walnuts

c. 1930

Ilse Bing

(American, 1899–1998)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 11.8 x 17.3 cm (4 5/8 x 6 13/16 in.); Paper: 11.8 x 17.3 cm (4 5/8 x 6 13/16 in.); Mounted: 24.9 x 31.3 cm (9 13/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2020.290
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?

“I didn’t choose photography; it chose me,” said Ilse Bing.

Description

Bing was just a “snapshooter” until she had to hone her photographic skills to produce illustrations for her doctoral dissertation at the University of Frankfurt on an 18th century architect. Once she saw her first painting by Vincent Van Gogh, in 1929, she instantly decided to abandon art history and become an artist—but not a painter. Photography “was the trend of the time,” she recalled later.

Tea and Walnuts

c. 1930

Ilse Bing

(American, 1899–1998)
America

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