Untitled (Distortion #42)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

André Kertész

Title

Untitled (Distortion #42)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1932

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; stamped verso, upper center, in black ink: "PHOTO COPYRIGHT BY / ANDRE KERTESZ / 307 E. 44th ST. NEW YORK / TEL. MURRAY HILL 4-4800"; signed and inscribed verso, center, sideways, in graphite: "A. Kertész / #42."

Dimensions

Image/paper: 17.8 × 17.1 cm (7 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Wayne

Reference Number

1986.3243

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