André Kertész - Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago London Monday, November 17, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Estate of the photographer via Susan Harder and Edwynn Houk Gallery, 1986
    Gift of a Chicago Family Collection, 1987 (3 prints)
    Gift of Peter and Suzann Matthews, 1986 (1 print)
    Gift of Charles S. Zucker, 1986 (1 print)

  • Literature

    Ducrot, Distortions: André Kertész, n.p.
    Jeu de Paume, André Kertész, p. 181

  • Catalogue Essay

    Titles include: Distortion #155; Distortion #37; Distortion #165; Distortion #173; Distortion #166

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Selected Distortions

1933
Five gelatin silver prints.
Varying sizes from 19 x 11.5 cm (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.) to 22.1 x 17.7 cm (8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.) or the reverse.
Each numbered in red wax pencil on the recto; each variously numbered, annotated in pencil, three with '32 bis, Rue de Contentin, Paris-XV' copyright credit, one with '67 W. 44th St., N.Y.C.' credit and one with reproduction limitiation stamp on the verso.

Estimate
£12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠

Sold for £13,750

Contact Specialist
Lou Proud
Head of Photographs
London
+ 44 207 318 4018

Photographs from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

London 18 November 2014 2pm