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Photogram with Hand, Scissors and Owl Cut-Outs

1942, printed 1983

Ilse Bing

(American, 1899–1998)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 34.2 x 26.4 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.); Paper: 34.2 x 26.4 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.); Mounted: 50.7 x 40.4 cm (19 15/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2020.300
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?

A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera.

Description

Ilse Bing placed objects on photosensitive paper and exposed the grouping to light. Her hand and the scissors—the tools she used to create the impish forms—are self-referential symbols akin to earlier self-portraits that show her in the act of taking the photograph we see.

Photogram with Hand, Scissors and Owl Cut-Outs

1942, printed 1983

Ilse Bing

(American, 1899–1998)
America

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