The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Elsa Schiaparelli, Paris
1934, printed 1984
(American, 1899–1998)
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.)
© 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 ArtistMichael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NYDecember 7, 2020The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.299