Ilse Bing

Self-Portrait in Mirrors
1931, printed 1994

A black and white photograph of a person taking a self-portrait in a mirror with a vintage camera. The reflection shows a serious expression and the camera is the central focus, with a blurred secondary reflection visible to the left. The image has a dated appearance, with a handwritten note in the top left corner indicating the year 1951.
A black and white photograph of a person taking a self-portrait in a mirror with a vintage camera. The reflection shows a serious expression and the camera is the central focus, with a blurred secondary reflection visible to the left. The image has a dated appearance, with a handwritten note in the top left corner indicating the year 1951.

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Date
1931, printed 1994

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm) Image: 8 5/8 × 12 15/16in. (21.9 × 32.9 cm)

Accession number
2001.388

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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