Self-portrait
Artist
André Kertész
(American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985)
Date1927; printed ca. 1980
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/16 × 7 3/4 inches (20.8 × 19.69 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.08 × 20.32 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.08 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1526
SignedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "A Kertész / 1927"
InscribedSignature
Signed in artist's hand
Back of Print
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "P5.005.218.81"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionSilhouette image of man and camera.Exhibition HistoryAndré Kertész Form and Feeling. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, February 15 – April 20, 1992, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, May 20 – July 26, 1992, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, September 3 – November 1, 1992, no. 2 cat.
Rotation 20. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 8, 2015 – February 28, 2016, no cat.
Keith F. Davis. André Kertész Form and Feeling. Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Cards, Inc. and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1992, 4 (repro.).
Copyright© Andre and Elizabeth Kertesz Foundation
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