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ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
- Le Mur de l'École Militaire, 1926

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ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Le Mur de l'École Militaire, 1926
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • £24,500
  • ($47,702)
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
  • ($38,860 - $58,290)

Sale Information

Sale 7584
Photographs
15 May 2008
London, King Street





Lot Description

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Le Mur de l'École Militaire, 1926
gelatin silver print
9 x 6 5/8in. (22.8 x 16.7cm.)

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Pre-Lot Text

KERTÉSZ -- PARIS PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance

As lot 1.

Literature

This image is reproduced with cropping variations in the following publications: Art et Médecine, October 1931; Kertész, J'aime Paris, Chêne, 1974, p.189, titled incorrectly 'Boulevard des Invalides'; Phillips, Photographic Work of Kertész in France, CUNY, 1985, no.1926.102; Borhan (ed.) André Kertész: Ma France, La Manufacture, 1990, p.183; Borhan (ed.), André Kertész: His Life and Work, Little, Brown & Co., 1994, p.188, titled incorrectly 'Boulevard des Invalides, Paris'; André Kertész: Photographien 1925-1936, Schirmer/Mosel, 1995, pl.128.

Lot Notes

Only one other vintage print of Le Mur de l'École Militaire, located in a Private Collection, New York, is known.

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