Ilse Bing

Untitled (Cityscape, NY)
1936

A black and white photograph of a historic New York City skyline featuring prominent early 20th-century skyscrapers, with a pier and boats in the foreground. The image has a vintage feel, capturing the architecture and mood of an earlier era.
A black and white photograph of a historic New York City skyline featuring prominent early 20th-century skyscrapers, with a pier and boats in the foreground. The image has a vintage feel, capturing the architecture and mood of an earlier era.

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Date
1936

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 1/8in. (22.2 × 28.3 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 11 1/8in. (22.2 × 28.3 cm) Mount (board): 14 × 16 3/4in. (35.6 × 42.5 cm)

Accession number
2001.363

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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