Circus, Budapest
Artist
André Kertész
(American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985)
Date1920; printed 1960s or later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/16 × 10 7/16 inches (34.13 × 26.51 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 inches (35.4 × 27.62 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 inches (35.4 × 27.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1552
SignedSigned on window mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "A. Kertész";
Signed on sheet verso, top, in black pen: "A. Kertész";
Stamped on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "PHOTO BY / ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ"
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in black pen: "Budapest 1920."
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "E".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a man and a woman looking through a hole in a wood-paneled exterior wall. The woman wears a long dress while the man wears pants with a jacket and wide-brimmed hat.Exhibition HistoryA Tribute to André Kertész. Hallmark Photographic Collection, Kansas City, MO, October – December 1895.
André 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. 10 cat.
Selections from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Highland Community College, Highland, KS, October 19 - November 11, 1993, no cat.
Keith F. Davis. André Kertész Form and Feeling. Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Cards, Inc. and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1992, 1 (repro.).
Copyright© Andre and Elizabeth Kertesz Foundation
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