Untitled (Distortion #53)

Photography and Media

1932/33

André Kertész
American, born Hungary, 1894–1985

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: André Kertész
Title: Untitled (Distortion #53)
Place: United States (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1932–1933
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Inscribed recto, on image, lower right, in red pencil: "53"; inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "53."; stamped verso, center, in black ink: "PHOTO / ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ / 32 bis, Rue du Contentin, PARIS-XV / COPYRIGHT BY"; inscribed verso, center, upside-down, in graphite: "53."
Dimensions: Image/paper: 23.8 × 17.9 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Lawrence Hite
Reference Number: 1986.3268

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