Leskelődő (Onlooker)

1930s

Anna Barna

Associated Names
Anna Barna

Artist, Hungarian, 1901 - 1964

The image displays the back view of a person standing on a wooden chair, leaning slightly forward to look over a tall concrete wall. The person is wearing a knee-length coat, knee-length breeches, tall socks, and shoes. Their hair is short and dark. The person's shadow is cast on the wall. The background shows a concrete wall with triangular patterns at the top, bare earth at the base with rocks and debris.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of André Kértesz; (Vintage Galéria, Budapest and Sarah Morthland Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Anna Barna, Magyar Fotografiai Muzeum, Kecskemet, Hungary, March 13 - May 30, 2015.

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

2021

  • The New Woman Behind the Camera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022, no. 65.

Bibliography

2015

  • Anna Barna. Exh. cat. Magyar Fotográfiai Múzeum, Kecskemét, Hungary, 2015: pl. 39.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in blue ink: ANNA BARNA / 131 W 15, N.Y.1.1. / ONLOOKER; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: AB-052P; lower right in graphite: NK 351

Wikidata ID

Q64143999

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