André Kertész
Chairs, the Medici Fountain

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Artist André Kertész (American, born Hungary 1894–1985)American, born Hungary 1894–1985

CultureAmerican

Titles

Chairs, the Medici Fountain

Date1926

PlaceParis, France

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage/Sheet:6 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (16.3 × 18.4 cm)
Mount: 11 5/16 × 15 5/16 in. (28.7 × 38.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object number87.194

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1987.
Exhibition History"Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–May 1, 1988.

"On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: 150 Years of Photography," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 7–July 30 1989; Art Institute of Chicago, September 9–November 26, 1989; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 21, 1989–February 25, 1990.

"A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 14–December 30, 2001.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

bottom right below image in pencil "Paris / 1926"
bottom right corner of mount in pencil "447"
verso center in pencil "101"
verso upper center in ink "No.8 'Jardin Du Luxembourg' (AGR) / ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ / 5 rue de VANVES / PARIS 14e"
right edge in red crayon reading vertically "154 / c44[both lined through] scribble in pencil 447"

bottom left below image in pencil "A. Kertész"

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