Ernö Weisz, 23-Year-Old Factory Worker, Budapest

1932, printed before 1955

Kata Kálmán

Associated Names
Kata Kálmán

Artist, Hungarian, 1909 - 1978

The image shows a close-up portrait of a person's face from the forehead down to the lips, capturing a portion of the upper neck and shoulders. The person is facing forward with a direct gaze into the camera. Facial features include prominent eyebrows, deep-set eyes with detailed irises, and a slightly furrowed brow. The lips are closed with a subtle hint of texture. The person has dark, curly, closely cropped hair and there are no visible jewelry or objects in the image. The background is blurred and appears to be a neutral shade, emphasizing the person's facial features.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.2 × 17.6 cm (9 1/2 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.72.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kicken Gallery, Berlin); NGA purchase, 2004.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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. 130.

2021

  • The New Woman Behind the Camera, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022, no. 75.

Bibliography

2007

  • Foto: Modernity in Central Europe: 1918-1945. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007: no. 130.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist or unknown hand, lower center in graphite: Foto: Kálmán Kata; center: T/23 / Weisz Ernö / Kály [hagyàri] munkás / 1932 / RN: 7625; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: 87.165; lower right: P0312021

Wikidata ID

Q64156166