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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Street Fair Photographer, Paris

Street Fair Photographer, Paris

1935, printed 1994
(American, 1899–1998)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 25.3 x 31.8 cm (9 15/16 x 12 1/2 in.); Paper: 27.8 x 35.2 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2020.296
© Estate of Ilse Bing
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Some street fairs in Paris date back to the Middle Ages.

Description

Street fairs were popular entertainment in cities in the days before television. Here, Bing photographs not the rides but a fellow photographer, who made his living taking portraits of the fair goers in days when many people did not own a camera.
  • Estate of the Artist
    Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY
    December 7, 2020
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.296