Untitled (Distortion #18)

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 #18)
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: Unmarked recto; stamped and inscribed verso, upper center, in blue ink and graphite: "PHOTO PERSONNELLE / REPRODUCTION INTERDITE / PHOTO / ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ / 32 bis, Rue du Contentin, PARIS-XV / COPYRIGHT BY [stamped in blue ink] / 18. / AK [inscribed in graphite]"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 17.8 × 16.3 cm (7 1/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Lawrence Hite
Reference Number: 1986.3271

Bonn, Germany, Kunst- und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, “Europa, Europa: The Century of the Avant-Garde in Central and Eastern Europe,” May 27–October 16, 1994.

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