Satiric Dancer, 1926
Details
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894–1985)
Satiric Dancer, 1926
gelatin silver print on ‘carte postale’ paper
signed and annotated, 'A. Kertész Paris' in pencil (margin)
image: 3 ¾ x 3 in. (9.5 x 7.6 cm.)
sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (13 x 7.9 cm.)
Satiric Dancer, 1926
gelatin silver print on ‘carte postale’ paper
signed and annotated, 'A. Kertész Paris' in pencil (margin)
image: 3 ¾ x 3 in. (9.5 x 7.6 cm.)
sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (13 x 7.9 cm.)
Provenance
Etienne Beöthy, Paris (from the artist, 1920s, then by descent to his widow, 1961).
Galerie Wilde, Cologne.
Uta and Wilfried Wiegand, Berlin (acquired from the above, 1990s).
By descent from the above to the present owners, 2023.
Galerie Wilde, Cologne.
Uta and Wilfried Wiegand, Berlin (acquired from the above, 1990s).
By descent from the above to the present owners, 2023.
Literature
Pierre Borhan, André Kertész, His Life and Work, Little, Brown, Boston, 1944, p. 145.
Nicolas Ducrot, André Kertész: Sixty Years of Photography, Penguin Books, New York, 1978, p. 70.
Sandra S. Phillips, et. al., André Kertész: Of Paris and New York, Thames & Hudson, New York, 1985, p. 139.
André Kertész, Photographe, LaMusée, Paris, 1987, p. 58.
André Kertész, André Kertész, Aperture, Millerton, N.Y., 1997, p. 75.
André Kertész, Andre Kertesz and Avant-garde Photography of the Twenties and Thirties, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 1999, pl. 47.
Sarah Greenough, André Kertész, National Gallery of Art; Princeton University Press, Washington D.C., 2005, p. 47.
Michel Frizot, André Kertész, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2010, p. 87.
Nicolas Ducrot, André Kertész: Sixty Years of Photography, Penguin Books, New York, 1978, p. 70.
Sandra S. Phillips, et. al., André Kertész: Of Paris and New York, Thames & Hudson, New York, 1985, p. 139.
André Kertész, Photographe, LaMusée, Paris, 1987, p. 58.
André Kertész, André Kertész, Aperture, Millerton, N.Y., 1997, p. 75.
André Kertész, Andre Kertesz and Avant-garde Photography of the Twenties and Thirties, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 1999, pl. 47.
Sarah Greenough, André Kertész, National Gallery of Art; Princeton University Press, Washington D.C., 2005, p. 47.
Michel Frizot, André Kertész, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2010, p. 87.
Exhibited
Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, L’Ecole de Paris, 1904–1929: La part de l'autre, November 2000–March 2001.
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