Lot 43
  • 43

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ | Distortion #92, 1933

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Kertész, André
  • Distortion #92, 1933
  • 9 x 7 in.; 22,6 x 18,1 cm
silver print, printed no later than 1942titled, dated in pencil and photographer's stamp "67 West 44th Street" on the reverse

Provenance

Jean Painlevé collection
Private collection, France

Literature

Ducrot, ed., Distortions: André Kertész, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976, n.p. 



Condition

This lot is in very good condition. Glossy print. Some retouching in lower centre visible under close inspection. Two long half moon handling creases in centre, some fine crackling in upper layer near lower right corner and various small indentations across print, all visible under raking light.
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Catalogue Note

© Estate of André Kertész