André Kertész

(American/Hungarian, 1894–1985)

André Kertész was a Hungarian photographer who emerged as one of the most influential practitioners of the medium. Prizing emotional impact over technique, he famously remarked, “I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye.” Kertész remains best known for his contributions to photojournalism, employing distinctively dynamic compositions throughout his influential photo essays. He notably maintained a palpable empathy for his subjects, setting aside political or social biases regardless of who he was photographing. Born Kertész Andor on July 2, 1894 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, he came from a Jewish middle-class background. Though his family expected him to pursue a career in business, he eventually moved to Paris and fell with its bohemian culture. Throughout the mid-1920s, he met Piet Mondrian, Sergei Eisenstein, and many of the Dadaists. Kertész eventually fled France and its growing Jewish persecutions, and emigrated to the United States where he went on to work for magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and House & Garden, as well as mounting solo shows at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1946 and at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1964. Kertész died on September 25, 1985 in New York, NY.

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Paris (night scene), 1926

André Kertész

Paris (night scene), 1926

Sale Date: April 3, 2017

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Paris (man at a pissoir, Latin Quarter), 1927

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Paris (man at a pissoir, Latin Quarter), 1927

Sale Date: April 4, 2017

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Boulevard des Invalides, Paris, 1926

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Boulevard des Invalides, Paris, 1926

Sale Date: April 4, 2017

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Avenue de L'Opera, 1929

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Avenue de L'Opera, 1929

Sale Date: April 6, 2017

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Underwater Swimmer, Esztergom, 1917

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Underwater Swimmer, Esztergom, 1917

Sale Date: March 5, 2017

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Chez Mondrian, Paris, 1926

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Chez Mondrian, Paris, 1926

Sale Date: March 5, 2017

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World Trade Center, New York City, 1978

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World Trade Center, New York City, 1978

Sale Date: February 14, 2017

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Washington Square Park at Night, 1954

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Washington Square Park at Night, 1954

Sale Date: February 14, 2017

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Modernist composition (Aix-les-Bains, France), 1930

André Kertész

Modernist composition (Aix-les-Bains, France), 1930

Sale Date: February 14, 2017

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Chez Mondrian, Paris, 1926

André Kertész

Chez Mondrian, Paris, 1926

Sale Date: February 14, 2017

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Satiric Dancer, 1926

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Satiric Dancer, 1926

Sale Date: January 18, 2017

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Snow-covered Graveyard with Pedestrians, New , 1966

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Snow-covered Graveyard with Pedestrians, New , 1966

Sale Date: January 27, 2017

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Vert Galant, Paris, 1963

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Vert Galant, Paris, 1963

Sale Date: January 27, 2017

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Distortion 166, Paris, 1933

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Distortion 166, Paris, 1933

Sale Date: January 27, 2017

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Bocskay-tér, Budapest, 1914

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Bocskay-tér, Budapest, 1914

Sale Date: January 27, 2017

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PARIS (SHADOWS OF THE EIFFEL TOWER), 1929

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PARIS (SHADOWS OF THE EIFFEL TOWER), 1929

Sale Date: January 19, 2017

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Montmartre, 1926

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Montmartre, 1926

Sale Date: December 13, 2016

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Pêcheurs derrière Notre-Dame de Paris, 1925

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Pêcheurs derrière Notre-Dame de Paris, 1925

Sale Date: December 13, 2016

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Satiric Dancer, Paris, 1926

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Satiric Dancer, Paris, 1926

Sale Date: December 13, 2016

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Satiric Dancer, 1926

André Kertész

Satiric Dancer, 1926

Sale Date: December 2, 2016

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Dance school, Les Grisettes, Paris, 1930–1939

André Kertész

Dance school, Les Grisettes, Paris, 1930–1939

Sale Date: November 18, 2016

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La Femme aux oiseaux, vers 1930, 1930

André Kertész

La Femme aux oiseaux, vers 1930, 1930

Sale Date: November 10, 2016

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DISTORTION #137, 1933

André Kertész

DISTORTION #137, 1933

Sale Date: November 10, 2016

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DISTORTION #172, 1933

André Kertész

DISTORTION #172, 1933

Sale Date: November 10, 2016

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