The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Elsa Schiaparelli, Paris

1934, printed 1984

Ilse Bing

(American, 1899–1998)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 20.5 x 16.4 cm (8 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.5 x 16.4 cm (8 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.); Mounted: 43.5 x 35.4 cm (17 1/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2020.299
© Estate of Ilse Bing
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Essentially self-taught in design, Schiaparelli was one of the most important Parisian fashion designers between the World Wars.

Description

She met Ilse Bing in through mutual friends in 1933 and hired her to photograph her creations. Both strongminded, successful women, they also shared affinities for Surrealism and fantasy. To see a Schiaparelli dress photographed by Bing, see works 2014.529 and 2015.247; for an advertisement for a Schiaparelli perfume, see 2019.182.
  • 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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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.299