André Kertész
Sunset, Esztergom

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Artist André Kertész American, born Hungary 1894–1985

CultureAmerican

Titles

Sunset, Esztergom

DateMay 15, 1917

Place depictedHungary

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 1 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (4.1 × 5.4 cm)
Sheet: 1 3/4 × 2 5/16 in. (4.4 × 5.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins

Object number2013.716

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Marvins Family Collections

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionThe sheer diversity of subjects photographed by the Hungarian André Kertész is impressive: landscapes, elegantly minimal still lifes, charming portraits, distorted nudes, and modern city views. For this image, made very early in his career in 1917, he chose the moment just as the blazing sun crossed the horizon in an otherwise spare picture. Only the backlit silhouettes of two boatmen compete with the fiery ball for our attention in this elegant pictorial jewel.
Provenance[Jane Corkin Gallery, Toronto]; purchased by Michael Marvins and Michele Marvins, Houston, before 1985; given to MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History“A Photographer’s Collection: Gifts from Michael and Michele Marvins,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 4–July 5, 2015.
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