Ilse Bing

Untitled (Elephants, circus, NY)
1936

A vintage black and white photo of a circus scene showing a line of elephants with their backs to the camera. Handlers are visible beside the elephants, and a blurred figure in a top hat is in the foreground, suggesting motion. The audience is seated in the background, partially visible in the dimly lit arena.
A vintage black and white photo of a circus scene showing a line of elephants with their backs to the camera. Handlers are visible beside the elephants, and a blurred figure in a top hat is in the foreground, suggesting motion. The audience is seated in the background, partially visible in the dimly lit arena.

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Date
1936

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 11 1/8in. (21.3 × 28.3 cm) Image: 8 3/8 × 11 1/8in. (21.3 × 28.3 cm) Mount (board): 13 15/16 × 16 1/2in. (35.4 × 41.9 cm)

Accession number
2001.352

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Bequest of Ilse Bing Wolff

Rights and reproductions
© Wichita State University Foundation

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Ilse Bing
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