Ilse Bing

Elephants with Trainer, Circus, NY
1936

A vintage black and white photograph of a line of elephants performing in a circus arena, with their backs to the camera and a crowd visible in the background.
A vintage black and white photograph of a line of elephants performing in a circus arena, with their backs to the camera and a crowd visible in the background.

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Date
1936

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 1/8in. (21.6 × 28.3 cm) Image: 8 1/2 × 11 1/8in. (21.6 × 28.3 cm) Mount (board): 14 × 16 5/8in. (35.6 × 42.2 cm)

Accession number
2001.373

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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