ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)

Distorsion no. 172, 1933

Price realised EUR 30,000
Estimate
EUR 25,000 – EUR 35,000
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ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)

Distorsion no. 172, 1933

Price realised EUR 30,000
Closed: 19 Nov 2005
Price realised EUR 30,000
Closed: 19 Nov 2005
Details
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Distorsion no. 172, 1933
tirage argentique, monté sur carton
Signé au crayon sur carton (en dessous de l'image); cachets du photographe et de copyright '307 E. 44th Street' (au dos du montage)
24.3 x 19.4 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich
Literature
Kertész, Distortions, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976, n.p., voir no. 172 pour un cadrage variant; Icônes: Photographies de la collection Claude Berri, Éditions Léo Scheer, 2003, p. 84
Further details
At the request of Le Sourire's editor Carlo Rim, Kertész made a series of distorted nudes with a flexible mirror. His 1976 book of these photographs, Distortions, includes a variant cropping of the present lot that reveals the model's pubic area.

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