Blind Musician, Abony

July 19, 1921

André Kertész

Artist, American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 5.1 x 3.8 cm (2 x 1 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 5.3 x 3.9 cm (2 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
    framed: 39.4 x 31.8 x 1.9 cm (15 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1999.122.12

  • Copyright

    (c) Estate of André Kertesz


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. 12.

2007

  • Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 2007 - 2008, no. 146.

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

1972

  • André Kertész: Sixty Years of Photography, 1912-1972. New York, 1972: 23.

1984

  • André Kertész: Magyarországon. Budapest, 1984: pl. 44.

1987

  • André Kertész: Diary of Light, 1912-1985. Millerton, New York, 1986: pl. 11.

1994

  • In Focus: André Kertész, Photographs from The J. Paul Getty Museum. Malibu, California, 1994: pl. 7, p. 22.

  • André Kertész: His Life and Work. Boston and New York, 1994: 79.

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

center verso in graphite: Abony, 1921.juli 19.

Wikidata ID

Q64074107


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