Lot 73
  • 73

André Kertész

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • André Kertész
  • Underwater Swimmer, Esztergom
  • gelatin silver print
large-format, signed and dated in pencil on the reverse, 1917, printed later (Diary of Light, pl. 30)

Provenance

Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 1984

Condition

This print is in generally very good condition. A few scattered green-colored deposits, likely original retouching, are visible upon close examination. In raking light, the following are visible: a few soft crescent-shaped creases that do not appear to break the emulsion, primarily in the center portion of the image; a glossy deposit; and a very tiny loss of emulsion in the center of the image. On the reverse is a cello-tape remnant at the upper edge.
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