André Kertész - Photographs New York Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Christie's, New York, 26 April 1988, lot 258

  • Literature

    Borhan, Andre Kertesz, His Life and Work, pp. 37, 42-43, 49, 52, 55, 77, 79, 81
    Ducrot, Andre Kertesz: Sixty Years of Photography, front cover, p. 11, 16, 19, 23, 25, 33, 36-37, 48, 52, 55, 64, 68-69
    Harry N. Abrams, Inc., André Kertész: A Lifetime of Perception, pp. 19, 38-39, 41-42, 85
    Greenough, Gurbo, and Kennel, Andre Kertesz, pl. 31

  • Catalogue Essay

    Titles and dates include:

    Hungarian Landscape, Puszta, 1914
    Tisza-Szalka, 6 July 1924
    Bocskay Tér, Budapest, 1914
    Circus, Budapest, 19 May 1920
    Hazy Day, Budapest, November 1920
    Sunset, Esztergom, 15 May 1917
    Wandering Violinist, Abony, 19 July 1921
    My Brothers, Budapest, 1919
    The Swing, Esztergom, 26 September 1917
    Trio, Ráczkeve, 6 May 1923
    Heavy Burden, Esztergom, 1916
    Country Accident, Esztergom, September 1916
    Transport, Braila, Rumania, 19 October 1918
    Forced March to the Front between Lonié and Mitulen, Poland, 19 July 1915
    Budafok, 1919

228

Hungarian Memory

New York: Hyperion Press, 1980.
Fifteen gelatin silver prints.

Each approximately 7 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (18.7 x 24.8 cm) or the reverse.
Each signed in pencil on the verso; printed number 57 on the colophon page. Title page. Colophon. Proverb page. Contained in a tan cloth clamshell case. One from an edition of 100 plus VII artist's proofs.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $8,820

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Photographs

New York Auction 6 April 2022