"Buy Bud," Long Island University

November 15, 1962

André Kertész

Associated Names
André Kertész

Artist, American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985

This is a photograph of a street scene from above, featuring a stop sign and a billboard. The photograph shows an overhead view of a street corner with a stop sign casting a shadow, a portion of the sidewalk, and a street with painted arrows. In the foreground, there is a billboard with an advertisement showing a smiling person and partially visible words "Buy Budweiser". The angle of the photograph emphasizes the geometry of the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.5 x 17.6 cm (9 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
    mount: 43.1 x 35.3 cm (16 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.123.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1997.

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. 100.

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

1964

  • André Kertész: Photographer. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1964: p. 50.

1972

  • André Kertész: Sixty Years of Photography, 1912-1972. New York, 1972: p. 185.

1976

  • Of New York: André Kertész. New York, 1976: p. 65.

1993

  • Corkin, Jane. André Kertész: A Lifetime of Perception. New York, 1993: pl. 55.

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

all by later hands, on mount: center verso in graphite: Phot. André Kertész / #11-15-62 / 25 / 97 [circled] / 4014/26; lower left verso in graphite: 64.182; lower right verso in graphite: 20-1063

Wikidata ID

Q64073960

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