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Icarus, May 20, 1920

Artist André Kertész (American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985)
Date1920
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 10 inches (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1525
InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Print
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionGelatin silver print, Signature on back of print. Image of legs in mid air.Exhibition History

André Kertész:  Form and Feeling. Hallmark Photographic Collection, Kansas City, MO, Traveling exhibition from 1983-1990.

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. 22 cat.

Published References

Keith F. Davis. André Kertész Form and Feeling. Kansas City, MO: Hallmark Cards, Inc. and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1992, 2 (repro.).

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