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A Butcher at Les Halles, Paris

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

c. 1929, printed 1970s

Artist:

André Kertész
American, born Hungary, 1894–1985

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

André Kertész

Title

A Butcher at Les Halles, Paris

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1924–1934

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; signed verso, center, in graphite: "A Kertész"; inscribed verso, along bottom edge, in graphite: "Paris. A butcher at Les Halles. 1927"; verso, lower right, in graphite: "13"

Dimensions

Image: 24.6 × 17.5 cm (9 11/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Levine

Reference Number

1982.1739

Extended information about this artwork

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