Ilse Bing

Dead End II, (Cityscape--view from Queensborough Bridge, NY)
1936

A black and white photograph capturing a dramatic skyline with towering buildings on the left, a bridge in the midground, and a river in the foreground under a cloudy sky. A wooden structure is visible on the right side of the image. The photo is marked with the name "Ilse Bing" and the year "1936" on the bottom left corner.

A black and white photograph capturing a dramatic skyline with towering buildings on the left, a bridge in the midground, and a river in the foreground under a cloudy sky. A wooden structure is visible on the right side of the image. The photo is marked with the name "Ilse Bing" and the year "1936" on the bottom left corner.

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Date
1936

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/8in. (21 × 28.3 cm) Image: 8 1/4 × 11 1/8in. (21 × 28.3 cm) Mount (board): 13 7/8 × 16 1/2in. (35.2 × 41.9 cm)

Accession number
2001.377

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

Rights and reproductions
© Wichita State University Foundation

API
artworks/15902

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

Ilse Bing
48 works in the collection

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