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ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Lot 4 KERTÉSZ -- PARIS PHOTOGRAPHS

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)

Clock of the Académie Française, 1929

Closed15 May 2008

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ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Clock of the Académie Française, 1929
gelatin silver print
credit stamp [Paris 3], credited 'Kertész' in 'ABC Press Service/Amsterdam' address stamp, numbered '3' and captioned '"Journal des Musiciens" découvert sous les combles de l'Institut de France. Le Pont des Arts pris à travers l'horloge de l'Institut' ['Journal des Musiciens' found under the attic of the Institut de France. The Pont des Arts is shot through the clock of the Institute] in unknown hand in French in pencil
9¼ x 7in. (23.4 x 17.8cm.)

As lot 1.

Specialist note

This is the only known vintage print of this image. Aside from the present lot, only two other prints, both printed in the 1950s, are known.