Fire Escape

1949, printed 1970s

André Kertész

Associated Names
André Kertész

Artist, American, born Hungary, 1894 - 1985

This is a photograph of a brick building facade with a fire escape. The image shows a detailed view of the side of an urban building, with its rough-textured brick walls and metal fire escape stairs zigzagging across the surface. The fire escape consists of several platforms and stairs, casting shadows on the brick wall due to sunlight. The contrast between the metal of the fire escape and the brick wall creates a dramatic and graphic quality in the photograph.
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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.

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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

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