Self-Portrait with Jenó Kertész

1923

André Kertész

Associated Names
André Kertész

Artist, American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985

Two men are shown sitting in a field of tall grass. They are facing each other and engaged in conversation. The man on the left has short, dark, neatly groomed hair and sharp facial lines. He is wearing a dark jacket over a lighter shirt with a collar peeking out. The man on the right has short, dark, combed-back hair and is wearing a dark suit jacket with a handkerchief in the breast pocket. The background includes a birch tree with distinctive white and black bark, and leaves swaying in the breeze, suggesting a natural setting with dense foliage in the distance.
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Artwork overview


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. 30.

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 9 aout / 13.

Wikidata ID

Q64074004

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