Tuesday, August 26, 2025

André Kertész

André Kertész
Underwater Swimmer - Esztergom, Hungary
1917
gelatin silver print
Minneapolis Institute of Art


André Kertész
Circus, Budapest
1920
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

André Kertész
Trio - Raczkeva, Hungary
1923
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

André Kertész
Quai Bercy, Paris
1925
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

André Kertész
Paris
1925
gelatin silver print
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

André Kertész
Piet Mondrian, Paris
1926
gelatin silver print
Minneapolis Institute of Art

André Kertész
The Fork
1928
gelatin silver print
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

André Kertész
Meudon
1928
gelatin silver print
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

André Kertész
Alexander Calder
1929
gelatin silver print
National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC

André Kertész
Untitled (Distortion #82)
ca. 1932-33
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

André Kertész
Peggy Guggenheim
1945
gelatin silver print
National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC

André Kertész
In the Cellar - Williamsburg, Virginia
1948
gelatin silver print
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk Virginia

André Kertész
Broken Bench
1962
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

André Kertész
John Szarkowski, New York 
1963
gelatin silver print
Minneapolis Institute of Art

André Kertész
New York Heron
1969
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

André Kertész
Martinique
1972
gelatin silver print
Minneapolis Institute of Art

André Kertész
Flowers for Elizabeth, New York
1978
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

André Kertész
Venus, New York
1978
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

from Metamorphoses

[Story of Baucis and Philemon, continued]

    Mean time the Beechen Bowls went round, and still
Though often empty'd, were observ'd to fill; 
Fill'd without Hands, and of their own accord
Ran without feet, and danc'd about the Board.
Devotion seiz'd the Pair, to see the Feast
With Wine, and of no common Grape, increas'd;
And up they held their Hands, and fell to Pray'r,
Excusing as they cou'd, their Country Fare.
    
    One goose they had, ('twas all they cou'd allow)
A wakeful Cent'ry, and on Duty now,
Whom to the God for Sacrifice they vow:
Her, with malicious Zeal, the Couple view'd;
She ran for Life, and limping they pursu'd;
Full well the Fowl perceiv'd their bad intent,
And wou'd not make her Masters Compliment;
But persecuted, to the Pow'rs she flies,
And close between the Legs of Jove she lies:
He with a gracious Ear the Suppliant heard,
And sav'd her Life; then what he was declar'd,
And own'd the God. The Neighbourhood, said he,
Shall justly perish for impiety:
You stand alone exempted; but obey
With speed, and follow when we lead the way:
Leave these accurs'd; and to the Mountains Height
Ascend; nor once look backward in your Flight.          

– Ovid (43 BC-AD 17), translated by John Dryden (1700)