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Ilse Bing

Frankfurt a.M. 1899 – 1998 New York

Selfportrait with Leica. 1931

Gelatin silver print, printed later. 21,5 x 31,3 cm (26,7 x 35,3 cm) (8 ½ x 12 ⅜ in. (10 ½ x 13 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Ilse Bing. Selfportrait with Leica. 1931.

Estimate:

EUR 2,800

 

- 3,500

USD 3,740

 

- 4,670

Sold for:

6,100 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 187-192

Photography, Wednesday, 23.11.2011

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Gelatin silver print, printed later. 21,5 x 31,3 cm (26,7 x 35,3 cm) (8 ½ x 12 ⅜ in. (10 ½ x 13 ⅞ in.)). Signed in black ink on the reverse.

This print shows the total negativ of the famous self portrait by Ilse Bing, Only two existed prints are known..

Ilse Bing, Three Decades of Photography, ed. by Nancy Barrett, New Orleans 1984, p. 10 (detail)
Reinhold Mißelbeck, Deutsche Lichtbildner, Wegbereiter der zeitgenössischen Photographie, Cologne 1987, p. 23 (detail) Ilse Bing, Photography through the looking glass, ed. by Larisa Dryansky, New York 2006, title and p. 109 (detail)

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