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Signed recto, on paper, lower left, below image, in graphite: "A. Kertész"; inscribed recto, on paper, right center, in graphite: "Paris, 1926."; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: "No. 6."; stamped verso, center, in blue ink: "André KERTÉSZ / 75, Beuld Montparnasse / Paris 6e"; inscribed verso, center, in black ink: "Jardin du Luxembourg."; [label hinged on mount below this inscription]; verso, lower left, in graphite: "356"
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. 134, cat. 17.
Travis, David. 2005. “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press. p. 56.
Molderings, Herbert. 2008. “Die Geburt der moderne Fotografie.” Philo Fine Arts. p. 234.
Frizot, Michel and Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq. 2010. “Andre Kertesz.” Exh. cat. Hazan/Editions du Jeu du Paume. p. 135.
Paris, Au Sacre du Printemps, [Untitled exhibition of Kertész photogarphs and paintings by Ida Thal] 1927.
Paris, “1er Salon Indépendent de la Photographie,” 1928.
Stuttgart, “Film und Foto,” 1929.
Buenos Aires, “Primer Salon Anual de Fotografia,” 1930.
Art Institute of Chicago, “André Kertész: Of Paris and New York,” May 10-July 14, 1985; traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, December 19, 1985-February 23, 1986. (David Travis, Sandra S Phillips, Weston J. Naef)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Andre Kertesz 1894-1985 A Centennial Celebration,” December 3, 1994-April 9, 1995. (David Travis)
Musee D’ Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, “L’Ecole de Paris,” November 29, 2000–March 11, 2001.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was,” August 13–November 6, 2005. (David Travis)
Paris, Jeu de Paume, “Andre Kertesz,” September 28, 2010-February 6, 2011; traveled to the Fotomuseum Wintherthur, February 25-March 22, 2011; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, June 11-September 11, 2011; Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, September 30-December 31, 2011.
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