ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985)
Rooftops, Paris, 1931
gelatin silver print, printed 1930s
signed and dated in pencil (on the verso)
9½ x 7¾in. (24 x 19.6cm.)
Provenance
From the Estate of the Artist;
Silverstein Photography, New York
Literature
Perez, Beyond Time: Photographs from the Gary B. Sokol Collection, The Israel Museum, 2006, p. 44
Exhibited
P.M. Gallery, New York, 1937
Lot Essay
According to the Artist's Estate, the glue marks on the reverse are consistent with the inclusion of this photograph in Kert/esz's first important American show at the P.M. Gallery in 1937.
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