The Fairy Tale

1915

André Kertész

Associated Names
André Kertész

Artist, American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985

This is a photograph of three children seated closely together outdoors. The children are looking at a paper held by the child in the center. They are shoeless and appear to be engaged in reading or looking at the paper.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, New York, NY; gift to NGA, 2000.

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. 9.

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

1971

  • On Reading. New York, 1971, 7.

1972

  • André Kertész: Sixty Years of Photography, 1912-1972. New York, 1972, pl. 30.

1987

  • André Kertész: Diary of Light, 1912-1985. Millerton, 1986, pl. 4.

1994

  • André Kertész: His Life and Work. Boston and New York, 1994, 43.

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

Q64074071

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