Known for capturing the essence of a moment, André Kertész was considered one of the most influential photographers of the 20th Century. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, on July 2, 1894. André Kertész’s pictures of everyday life greatly influenced magazine photography in the United States and Europe as his distinctive style showed generations of photographers how to shoot without intruding in the situation or the emotion of the day. After being severely injured during WWI, he returned to Budapest. Surprisingly, his post-war career initially continued as a clerk in the Budapest stock exchange. Kertész moved to Paris in 1925 to work as a freelance photographer. He soon made friends with some of the leading artists of the time, including Fernand Léger, Marc Chagall and Piet Mondrian. In 1928 he bought a Leica, a small handheld camera which gave him the freedom to move about the streets of Paris. The camera-enabled him to capture spontaneous moments of urban life, a subject that would fascinate him throughout his career. With his Leica and the friendship of these artists, he was able to develop a visual history of Paris. His work appeared in French, Italian and British publications, including prominent magazines and newspapers of the day like the London Sunday Times. At the onset of Hitler's Germany and the specter of war on the horizon, Kertész moved to New York City in 1936 to pursue his career as a photographer. He became a United States citizen in 1944. In 1949 he became a staple with Condé Nast. Alongside Alexander Liberman, Kertész helped to transform and elevate House and Garden magazine into the publication envisioned by Mr. Liberman. Once Kertész retired from commercial work in 1962, his work began to be recognized as Fine art photography. His projects harkened back to his early work in Hungary with street scenes, still-life and the movements of everyday people. Kertész's work is in numerous private and public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, J. Paul Getty Museum, Center for Creative Photography, Smithsonian Institution and Pompidou Center. As per Brassaï’s words, “André Kertész has two qualities that are essential for a great photographer, an insatiable curiosity about the world, about people and life and a precise sense of form." Kertész died in New York City, on September 27, 1985.
$8,000Sale Price|20% Off
The Circus
By Andre Kertesz
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed later. Signed on the back of the print with date in pencil. Camera Obscura label on back of mat. Overmatted to 20 x 16 inches so frame-ready. Provenance: Camera Obscura Galle...
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of a Young Man
By Andre Kertesz
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Carte-postale printing on back of print. Unsigned. A very rare example. We have not seen another image of this portrait at market.
Silver Gelatin
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Colette, Paris
By Andre Kertesz
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Printed later. Signed on the back of the print with date in pencil. Camera Obscura label on back of mat. Overmatted to 18 x 22". Provenance Camera Obscura Gallery (Denver) 1980s to p...
Silver Gelatin
$4,444
H 24 in W 20 in
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, New York 1960s, Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 24x20
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Punctuated by documentary photo essays such as Black in White America, Fire Hydrant is one of Leonard Freed's most iconic in the Harlem, New York series. Two children enjoy a blissf...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$2,222
H 8 in W 10 in
Kate #10, Yoga, Black and White Photograph, Signed Vintage, 8x10 Inches
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #10, 2002 by Leonard Freed is an 8" x 10" hand printed black and white photograph from his nude series. Signed by the photographer the gelatin silver print is stamped "vintage" ...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$2,222
H 8 in W 10 in
Kate #13. Female Nude, Black and White Photograph, Signed, 8x10, Vintage 2002
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #13, is from the Kate series, 2002 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a signed, 8" x 10" black and white photograph (gelatin silver), stamped "vintage" on verso (back of ...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$2,222
H 8 in W 10 in
Kate #11, Female Nude, Black and White Photograph, Signed Vintage, 8x10, 2002
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Kate #11, 2002 by Leonard Freed is a signed verso (back of photo) 8" x 10" black and white photograph, hand printed, signed by the photographer and stamped "vintage" by the Freed es...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$6,000
H 16 in W 12 in
Birmingham Children, Protestors, Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph, Signed, 1963
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Birmingham Children, 1963 by American photographer Leonard Freed is a 16" x 12" vintage gelatin silver photograph, signed verso (on back) by the photographer. A woman with a flower ...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$4,444
H 24 in W 20 in
Bride, Italy, Black and White Photograph, Gelatin Silver, Signed, 24x20, 1958
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Bride, Naples, Italy, 1958 by Leonard Freed is a black and white contemporary photograph, cinematic in nature. A gelatin silver photograph, signed by the photographer, 24" x 20" from the Freed archive. LITERATURE: W. A. Ewing, N. Herschdorfer, and W. van Sinderen, Worldview, Leonard Freed, Steidl, 2007, p. 73 and back cover. Leonard Freed discovered Little Italy in New York...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$5,800
H 12 in W 16 in
Le Café de France, Gelatin Silver Print, Signed, 12x16 Inches, 1979 by Ronis
By Willy Ronis
Located in New york, NY
Interested in “ordinary people with ordinary lives,” photographer Willy Ronis among the postwar French photographers spent his career roaming the streets of Paris, photographing people in love, at work, and at play. Le Café de France...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$3,600
H 16 in W 20 in
Yeshiva Students, New York City, Black-and-White Photograph, Signed, 16x20, 1954
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Yeshiva Students, New York City, 1954 by Leonard Freed is a black-and-white photograph of three young Jewish Youth, studying at a yeshiva. A gelatin silver print, 16” x 20”, signed ...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Norman Parkinson 'Twiggy, British Vogue, 1967'
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
Twiggy, British Vogue, 1967. Twiggy, British Vogue, 1967 Silver gelatin print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso with certificate of authenticity Norman Parkinson (...
Silver Gelatin
$1,999
H 12 in W 8 in
Playboy Hugh Hefner, Vintage Black and White Photograph, 1966, 12x8 Inches
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A black-and-white 12" x 8" vintage photograph of Editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner checking proofs for Playboy magazine, 1966 by Burt Glinn. A historical photo...
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
$1,500
H 14 in W 11 in
Black-and-White Photograph, Friends in Paris Cafe, France, Signed Edition, 1989
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
Au Cafe, 1989 by Roberta Fineberg is a black-and-white photograph of friends in a Parisian bar in the Marais. The silhouetted figure is contrasted against the contours pf a female fa...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
$1,444
H 10 in W 8 in
Beat Couple, 1950s, Gelatin Silver Print of Jack Kerouac, Estate Signed
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A black and white photograph from the 1950s capturing beatnik hipster writer Jack Kerouac in dark glasses, wearing a beret and friend Barbara Ferrara. Beat Couple, 1959 by Burt Gl...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Meudon, France
By Andre Kertesz
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed original print by the artist! This very important work exudes a sense of alienation with a surreal edge to the composition. The artists work and this work in particular is fea...
Silver Gelatin
Two Sailors
By Andre Kertesz
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Artist's stamp on the back of the print and annotated, '4-20-47'.
Silver Gelatin