Lot 112
  • 112

André Kertész

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • André Kertész
  • SATIRIC DANCER
  • gelatin silver print
large-format, signed, dated, and annotated 'Paris' in pencil on the reverse, 1926, printed later (Diary of Light, pl. 80)

Provenance

Acquired from the photographer, circa 1980

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition. Visible in raking light and upon close inspection are the following: light silvering in the dark areas at the image periphery; small, sharp creases, which do not appear to break the emulsion, near the lower left and upper right corners; and a soft, crescent-shaped crease, not appearing to break the emulsion, in the center portion of the image.
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