Nun Hanging the Wash / Ilse Bing

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Accession Number: 2014/2.272
Title: Nun Hanging the Wash
Artist: Ilse Bing
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998
Medium and Support: vintage gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1935
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)
Inscription: signed and dated, recto, white lettering
Dimensions: 27.94 x 22.86 cm (11 x 9 in.)
Physical Description: A nun wearing a habit hanging laundry on the line outdoors.
Primary Keywords: laundry; nun; outdoor recreation areas
Secondary Keywords: buildings and the land; built complexes and districts; commercial buildings; complexes; complexes by function; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; people in religion; people in religion and related occupations; people in the humanities; religious (people); service industry buildings; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 3259 x 4190
File Size: 641 KB
Record: 2014/2.272
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.272/2014_2.272.jpg

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Full citation: "Nun Hanging the Wash; Ilse Bing." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.272/2014_2.272.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.