André Kertész (Budapest 1894 - 1985 New York). Broken Bench, September 20, New York. 1962
Gelatin silver print, 1973. 16,8 × 24,5 cm (6 ⅝ × 9 ⅝ in.). Laid down on original cardboard (35,5 x 45,6 cm), thereupon signed in pencil lower right, dated lower left. Lower left corner of the cardboard with impressed number: "9". Numbered by unknown hand in pencil on the reverse.
One of 10 motifs from the portfolio "André Kertész. Portfolio Volume II (1930-1972)", published in an edition of 50 copies by Light Gallery, New York, 1973. [2049]
Literature and illustration:
André Kertész: 60 Jahre Fotografie. Düsseldorf 1974, p. 202 / Exh. cat.: André Kertész. His Life and Work. Paris, Pavillon des Arts, 1994/95, p. 31 / Exh. cat.: André Kertész . Washington, National Gallery of Art; Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, 2005, pl. 98 / Noël Bourcier: André Kertész. London 2006, pl. 46
Condition report: In very good condition. Satin finish paper. In the edges of the image, there is a very faint, hardly perceptible line from former mat, same place minimal mirroring.