Untitled (Distortion #168)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

André Kertész

Title

Untitled (Distortion #168)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1932–1933

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower center, in red pencil: 168.; inscribed verso, upper left, in black ink: [illegible]; verso, upper left, diagonally, in graphite: "Notré Dame a Paris; inscribed and stamped verso, center, in graphite and black ink: 169. [inscribed in graphite/crossed out in graphite] / PHOTO / ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ / 32 bis, Rue du Contentin, PARIS-XV / COPYRIGHT BY [stamped in black ink] / 1933. / #168. [inscribed in graphite]

Dimensions

Image/paper: 23.8 × 14.1 cm (9 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Sandor Family Collection in honor of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Reference Number

1987.362.16

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