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ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Cello Study, 1926
gelatin silver print, mounted on board
signed 'A. Kertész' in pencil (lower center mount, recto); signed 'Andre Kertész', annotated and dated '5 rue de Vanves / Paris 14e / 1927' in ink and pencil (top center on the reverse of the mount); credited and titled on affixed label (frame backing board)
image/sheet: 8 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (20.6 x 4.1 cm.)
mount: 12 1/4 x 7 in. (31.1 x 17.7 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Private collection, New Jersey (acquired from the above, by agent).
With Vivan Horan Fine Arts, New York.
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above).
With Vivan Horan Fine Arts, New York.
Private collection (acquired from the above); sale, Christie’s, New York, 5 April 2000, lot 214.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
A. Kertész and N. Ducrot, André Kertész Sixty Years of Photography, New York, 1978, p. 120.
S. Phillips, André Kertész of Paris and New York, Chicago, 1985, cat. no. 19, p. 138.
P. Borhan, André Kertész His Life and Work, Boston, 1994, p. 23.
Exhibited
Paris, Salon d'Escalier 1928;
Brussels, Galerie L'Epoque 1928;
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, André Kertész Of Paris and New York, May 10- February 23, 1986.
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