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 Michael D. Delman, 1986 (2 prints)
    Gift of Michael D. Francis, 1986 (2 prints)
    Gift of Lawrence Hite, 1986 (1 print)

  • Literature

    Borhan, André Kertész: His Life and Work, p. 211 for a variant
    Ducrot, Distortions: André Kertész, n.p.
    Jeu de Paume, André Kertész, p. 169 for a variant
    The Art Institute of Chicago/ The Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Thames & Hudson, André Kertész: Of Paris and New York, p. 188

  • Catalogue Essay

    Titles include: Distortion #32; Distortion #125; Distortion #20; Distortion #46; Distortion #70

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Selected Distortions

1933
Five gelatin silver prints, one printed 1960s.
Varying sizes from 14.3 x 23.9 cm (5 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.) to 23.3 x 17.8 cm (9 1/8 x 7 in.) or the reverse.
Two numbered in red wax pencil on the recto; each variously initialled, dated, numbered in pencil, three with credit stamps and one with '32 bis, Rue de Contentin, Paris-XV’' copyright credit stamp on the verso.

Estimate
£12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠

Sold for £11,875

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