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ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894–1985)
Martinique, January 1, 1972
gelatin silver print, printed 1978
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso); credited, titled and dated on affixed exhibition labels (frame backing board)
image: 1012 x 1334 in. (26.7 x 34.9 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 1378 in. (27.9 x 35.2 cm.)
Provenance
The Witkin Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1979.
Literature
Nicolas Ducrot (ed.), André Kertész: Sixty Years of Photography, Penguin Books, New York, 1972, p. 224.
Michel Frizot and Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq, André Kertész, Hazan/editions Jeu du Paume, Paris, 2010, p. 317.
W.M. Hunt, The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the Unconscious, Aperture, New York, 2011, p. 265.
Exhibited
Arles, Recontres de la Photographie; Lausanne, Musée de l'Élysée; Amsterdam, FOAM Fotogafiemuseum, Sans Regard or No Eyes: Photographs from W.M. Hunt / Collection Dancing Bear, 2005-2007.
Ocala, Appelton Museum of Fine Arts, The Unseen Eye: Photography from the Collection of W.M. Hunt, November 7, 2010–January 2, 2011.
Rochester, George Eastman House, The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection, October 1, 2011–February 19, 2012.
Portland, Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, The Unseen Eye, September 6–30, 2012.
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