Ilse Bing

Untitled (Chrysler Building, NY)
1936

A black and white aerial photograph of a cityscape with dense high-rise buildings, prominently featuring the Chrysler Building in New York City, with a hazy skyline and river in the background.
A black and white aerial photograph of a cityscape with dense high-rise buildings, prominently featuring the Chrysler Building in New York City, with a hazy skyline and river in the background.

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Date
1936

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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

Accession number
2001.365

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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