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Julien Levy Collection, Special Photography Acquisition Fund
Reference Number
1979.80
Extended information about this artwork
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. 151, cat. 48.
Travis, David. 2005. “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press. p. 62.
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, Paris. p. 151.
New York, New York, PM Gallery, “An Exhibition of 60 Photographs by André Kertész, 1937.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Cartier-Bresson and His Contemporaries,” February 12-March 23, 1980.
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, “André Kertész 1894-1985 A Centennial Celebration,” December 3, 1994-April 9, 1995. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Brassai and Company,” January 24-May 17, 1998. (David Travis)
Musee D’ Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, “L’Ecole de Paris,” November 29, 2000–March 11, 2001.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, “André Kertész,” February 6–May 15, 2005; traveled to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 12–September 5, 2005; International Center of Photography, New York, September 16–November 27, 2005.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Art and Photography of Paris,” September 20, 2008–January 4, 2009. (David Travis)
Paris, Jeu de Paume, “André Kertész,” 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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