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KERTÉSZ -- PARIS PHOTOGRAPHS When the patron's dog takes a dislike to a customer, he does well to find another café in another street. Not for anything she does; just the way she looks at him. Yet she has been known to lead a friend to his door, when she observes that he has had a drink too many! KERTÉSZ from Day of Paris

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)

Au Bon Coin, 1929

Details

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Au Bon Coin, 1929
gelatin silver print, unique cropping
credit stamp [Paris 3] on verso
9 3/8 x 7in. (23.7 x 17.8cm.)

Provenance

As lot 1.

Literature

This image is reproduced with cropping variations in the following publications: Kertész, Day of Paris, J.J. Augustin, 1945, p.81 (fig.1); Kertész, J'aime Paris, Chêne, 1974, p.74; Phillips, Photographic Work of Kertész in France, CUNY, 1985, no.1929.73, titled 'Latin Quarter'; Borhan (ed.) André Kertész: Ma France, La Manufacture, 1990, p.230; Borhan (ed.), André Kertész: His Life and Work, Little, Brown & Co., 1994, p.180; André Kertész: Photographien 1925-1936, Schirmer/Mosel, 1995, pl.85.

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The present lot shows a unique cropping and is the only known vintage print of Au Bon Coin.

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