Self-Portrait in the Hotel Beaux-Arts

1936 or 1938

André Kertész

Associated Names
André Kertész

Artist, American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985

The image displays a man captured in profile from the waist up. He is leaning slightly forward and facing to the left, with one hand on a large camera and the other hand on the windowsill. His facial features include a rounded head, a long nose, and a focused expression. He has neatly combed short hair, wears a short-sleeved, button-up shirt with rolled-up sleeves, and a loosely hanging tie. A watch adorns his wrist. In the background is an open window showing a building facade. The setting appears to be indoors, with part of a curtain visible on the right side.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2005

  • André Kertész, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; International Center of Photography, New York, 2005, no. 75.

2010

  • André Kertész, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, 2010 - 2011, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1985

  • André Kertész: Of Paris and New York. Exh. cat. The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 1985: no. 112, p. 197.

2010

  • André Kertész. Exh. cat., Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Hungarian National Museum, Budapest. Paris: Editions Hazan; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: N1199-F

Wikidata ID

Q64073970

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