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1860R

André Kertész

Budapest 1894 – 1985 New York

Broken Bench, September 20, New York. 1962

Gelatin silver print, 1973. 16,8 × 24,5 cm (6 ⅝ × 9 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: André  Kertész. Broken Bench, September 20, New York. 1962.

Estimate:

EUR 1,500

 

- 2,500

Sold for:

1,651 EUR (incl. premium)

Timed Auctions 2025

Photography Online Only, 10 – 19 October 2025, Sunday, 19.10.2025

Information

Gelatin silver print, 1973. 16,8 × 24,5 cm (6 ⅝ × 9 ⅝ in.). Laid down on original cardboard (35,5 x 45,6 cm), thereupon signed in pencil lower right, dated lower left. Lower left corner of the cardboard with impressed number: "9". Numbered by unknown hand in pencil on the reverse. One of 10 motifs from the portfolio "André Kertész. Portfolio Volume II (1930–1972)", published in an edition of 50 copies by Light Gallery, New York, 1973.

Condition Report: In very good condition. Satin finish paper. In the edges of the image, there is a very faint, hardly perceptible line from former mat, same place minimal mirroring

André Kertész: 60 Jahre Fotografie. Düsseldorf 1974, p. 202 / Exh. cat.: André Kertész. His Life and Work. Paris, Pavillon des Arts, 1994/95, p. 31 / Exh. cat.: André Kertész . Washington, National Gallery of Art; Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, 2005, pl. 98 / Noël Bourcier: André Kertész. London 2006, pl. 46

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