Ilse Bing

Three Bums and Boat, Dead End, NY
1936

A black and white photograph depicting a vintage scene at a dock with a large passenger ship passing by in the background. In the foreground, two individuals are sitting on the dock; one appears to be resting with their head down on their folded arms, while the other is seated upright, possibly in conversation or contemplation. A mooring bollard is also visible in the foreground, and a faint outline of a bridge can be seen in the distant mist. The image has a worn and aged appearance, with frayed edges and creases, suggesting it is an historical photograph.

A black and white photograph depicting a vintage scene at a dock with a large passenger ship passing by in the background. In the foreground, two individuals are sitting on the dock; one appears to be resting with their head down on their folded arms, while the other is seated upright, possibly in conversation or contemplation. A mooring bollard is also visible in the foreground, and a faint outline of a bridge can be seen in the distant mist. The image has a worn and aged appearance, with frayed edges and creases, suggesting it is an historical photograph.

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Date
1936

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 19 9/16in. (39.7 × 49.7 cm) Image: 13 5/8 × 19 9/16in. (34.6 × 49.7 cm)

Accession number
2001.393

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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