Classic Photographs
Classic Photographs
Property from an Important Detroit Collection
André Kertész
'Bellevue (Seine)'
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October 7, 03:06 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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André Kertész
1894 - 1985
'Bellevue (Seine)'
gelatin silver print, signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1934
image: 10 ¾ by 11 in. (27.3 by 27.9 cm.)
frame: 23 ¼ by 19 ¼ in. (59.1 by 48.9 cm.)
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, circa 2000
Nicholas Durcot, J’aime Paris: Photographs Since the Twenties by André Kertész, p. 220 (there dated 1931)
When André Kertész emigrated from Hungary to Paris in 1925 with a temporary visa, he had limited hopes of remaining there for an extended period of time. However, he discovered that Paris was a thriving cultural center with a vibrant artistic community, and stayed for a decade. In Paris, he created some of his most celebrated photographs, including Satiric Dancer and Chez Mondrian. His photographs in parks like the Square du Vert-Galant and Parc de Sceaux were clear precursors to the studies he would make of New York in later years.
Meudon is a southwest suburb of Paris, known for parks, trees, and the Paris Observatory. The northwest part of Meudon that overlooks the Seine is known as ‘Bellevue.’