The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Grape Picker, Château de Pommery, Reims

Grape Picker, Château de Pommery, Reims

1933
(American, 1899–1998)
America
vintage gelatin silver print
Image: 22.5 x 16.4 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.); Paper: 22.5 x 16.4 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.); Mounted: 30 x 25.4 cm (11 13/16 x 10 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2016.457
© Estate of Ilse Bing
Location: not on view

Description

In fall 1933 Bing received a desirable advertising job: to photograph wine production in Champagne and Burgundy. The images were for a campaign celebrating the end of Prohibition in the United States, which occurred on December 5 of that year.
  • Ilse Bing: Queen of the Leica. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 7-October 11, 2020).
  • {{cite web|title=Grape Picker, Château de Pommery, Reims|url=false|author=Ilse Bing|year=1933|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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