The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Undergarment Display

1935

Ilse Bing

(American, 1899–1998)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 28.2 x 21.7 cm (11 1/8 x 8 9/16 in.); Mounted: 41.9 x 34.5 cm (16 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.); Paper: 28.2 x 21.7 cm (11 1/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2014.534
© Estate of Ilse Bing
Location: Not on view

Description

Surrealist and modernist photographers had an affinity for shooting shop windows, especially those offering undergarments, which could be read as stand-ins for the human presence. Those photographs also commented on the prevalence of consumerism and the availability of manufactured goods in modern cities.
  • Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-October 11, 2020).
  • {{cite web|title=Undergarment Display|url=false|author=Ilse Bing|year=1935|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2014.534