Fire Escape
1949, printed 1970s
Artist, American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 24.77 × 19.69 cm (9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
sheet: 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.) -
Accession
2016.22.63
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Rogovin, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Susan Harder c/o Kertesz Estate, New York), 1981; acquired by NGA, 2016.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: A Kertész; by unknown hand, bottom left: New York. Fire Escape 1949; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1981.112.2
Wikidata ID
Q64074226