Lot 208
  • 208

André Kertész 1894-1985

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • André Kertész
  • 'andré kertész'
(New York: Susan Harder and Orminda Corporation, 1982, an edition of 50, plus 10 copies for the photographer and publisher), a portfolio of 10 photographs, each mounted, signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount, the publisher's stamp on the reverse, in individual wrappers, 1925-39, printed in 1981; together with the printed title, plate list, and colophon. Small folio, white cloth folding box with gilt-lettered leather spine label, one in a total edition of 60

Condition

The plates, plate list, colophon, and clamshell box are all in generally excellent condition. The clamshell box is lightly rubbed.
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Catalogue Note

The photographs are as follows:

Chez Mondrian, Paris, 1926

Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1929

Distortion No. 40, Paris, 1933

Satiric Dancer, Paris, 1926

Stairs of Montmartre, Paris, 1925

Glasses and Pipe, Paris, 1926

Fork, Paris, 1928

Melancholic Tulip, New York, 1939

Carrefour, Blois, 1930

Colette, Paris, 1930