Dining Room, American University, near Café du Dome

1928

André Kertész

Associated Names
André Kertész

Artist, American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985

Several chairs and a table are arranged on a wooden floor, with prominent shadows cast by the objects. The color palette consists of shades of gray due to the lighting. The table and a pair of chairs are positioned on the right side and slightly below the center of the image, with additional chairs lined up against windows near the top edge. The shadows of the window frames and furniture overlap on the floor.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brenda and Robert Edelson, Baltimore, MD; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • André Kertész and Theodore Fried: Away From Home, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 21–September 17, 2001

2003

  • Both Sides of the Street: Celebrating the Corcoran's Photography Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 12 – August 25, 2003

2007

  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17–July 29, 2007

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: A Kertész; top center: Paris / 1928

Wikidata ID

Q64074184

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