Jeno Kertész as Icarus
June 1919
Artist, American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 3.8 x 5.1 cm (1 1/2 x 2 in.)
sheet: 3.9 x 5.3 cm (1 9/16 x 2 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1999.122.8
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1999.
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. 18.
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
1984
André Kertész: Magyarországon. Budapest, 1984: no. 16 (cropped).
1987
André Kertész: Diary of Light, 1912-1985. Rochester, New York, 1986: pl. 29 (cropped).
1994
Borhan, Pierre. André Kertész: His Life and Work. Boston and New York, 1994: 38 (cropped).
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.
Wikidata ID
Q64074105