About This Artwork
André Kertész
American, born Hungary, 1894–1985
Shadows of the Eiffel Tower, 1929
Gelatin silver print
16.5 x 21.9 cm
Signed on mount, lower left. Date on mount, lower right.
Julien Levy Collection, Special Photography Acquisition Fund, 1979.77
Photography
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Musee D' Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, "L'Ecole de Paris," November 29, 2000–March 11, 2001.
AIC, "Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was," August 13–November 6, 2005. (David Travis)
AIC, "The Other Side of Light: Shadows from the Photography Collection," December 1, 2007–February 24, 2008. (Newell G Smith)
Publication History
Greenough, Sarah, Robert Gurbo, and Sarah Kennel. 2005. “André Kertész.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art/Princeton University Press. p. 64. (other print of this image)
Kertész, André. 1972. “André Kertész: Sixty Years of Photography, 1912-1972.” ed. Nicolas Ducrot. Grossman Publishers. p. 137. (other print of this image)
Kertész, André. 1982. “André Kertész: A Lifetime of Perception." ed. Jane Corkin. Harry N. Abrams. p. 71. (other print of this image)
Kertész, André. 1974. “J'aime Paris: Photographs since the Twenties.” ed. Nicolas Ducrot. Grossman Publishers. p. 207. (other print of this image)
Phillips, Sandra, Jean-Claude Lemagny, Michel Frizot, Isabelle Jammes, and Pierre Bonhomme. 1992. “André Kertész in Paris: Photographien 1925–1936.” Schirmer/Mosel. pl. 59. (other print of this image)
Phillips, Sandra S., David Travis, and Weston J. Naef. 1985. “André Kertész: Of Paris and New York.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Metropolitan Museum of Art/Thames and Hudson. p. 170. cat. 82.
Travis, David. 2005. “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press. p. 58