Under the Eiffel Tower
1929
Artist, American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
Overall: 19.6 x 22.4 cm (7 11/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
overall: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.) -
Accession
1996.149.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1996.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1997
Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 28.
1999
Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.
2000
Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001.
2005
André Kertész, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; International Center of Photography, New York, 2005, no. 64.
2015
In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015
Bibliography
1982
Corkin, Jane. André Kertész: A Lifetime of Perception. New York, 1982: p. 50.
1985
Omaggio ad André Kertész, 1894-1985. Rome, 1985: p. 17.
Kertész on Kertész: A Self Portrait. New York, 1985: 66.
1986
André Kertész. New York and Paris, 1986: pl. 40.
1993
André Kertész. Millerton, New York: p. 45.
1994
In Focus: André Kertész, Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum. Malibu, 1994: pl. 29.
Inscriptions
all on mount: lower left in graphite: Tour Eiffel; lower right in graphite: A. Kertész
Wikidata ID
Q64073942