Meudon

Artist André Kertész (American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985)

Date1928

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (24.77 x 17.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1532

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Print

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DescriptionGelatin silver print, Signature on back of print. Man carrying large paper-wrapped object under arm in street.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

Art by Chance: Fortuitous Impressions, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, July 22 – September 3, 1989.

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. 30 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, 3 (repro.).

Ian Kennedy and Julian Treuherz. The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam. Kansas City, MO: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Liverpool: National Museums Liverpool, in association with Yale University Press, 2008. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Art in the Age of Steam: Europe, America and the Railway, 1830-1960, shown at the Walker Art Gallery and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 231 (repro.).

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