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Pierre Mac Orlan

Black-and-white photograph of a full-faced, light-skinned man in a white shirt with rolled sleeves holding a large accordian.

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  • Black-and-white photograph of a full-faced, light-skinned man in a white shirt with rolled sleeves holding a large accordian.

Date:

1927

Artist:

André Kertész
American, born Hungary, 1894–1985

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

André Kertész

Title

Pierre Mac Orlan

Place

United States (Artist's nationality)

Date

Made 1927

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on paper, along left edge, sideways, in graphite: "6" [one arrow extending from the left and the right side, running along the left edge]"; verso, upper center, sideways, in graphite: "Pierre McOxlan / 1927."; verso, lower center, sideways, in graphite: "142"; printed verso, along right edge, sideways, in black ink: "CARTE POSTALE / Correspondance Adresse"

Dimensions

Image: 10.8 × 7.8 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.); Paper: 11.1 × 18.1 cm (4 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Wirt D. Walker Fund

Reference Number

1984.532

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