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1972Best.-Nr. 431271972. KERTSZ Andr. Photographic print. ""Esztergom: Three Crosses"". New York circa 1972. Original silver gelatin print measuring 8 by 10 inches. $750.Photograph printed by KertszÕs studio depicting a line of three large crosses in Hungary dated and captioned by him apparently produced to promote the publication of Sixty Years of Photography though it does not appear in the book.Kertsz was ""one of the first photographers to demonstrate the tremendous richness of the streetÉ his work is known for its wit composition and sense of the unusual"" Blodgett 96. This photograph of the ""Esztergom"" is apparently unpublished. Captioned in pencil by Kertesz on verso: ""Esztergom March 28Ñ 1917."" Studio stamp on verso.Fine condition. unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 552451972. KERTSZ Andr. Photographic print untitled ÒDogs Surrounding TreeÓ taken in 1970. New York: circa 1972. Silver gelatin print measuring 8 by 10 inches. $950.Photograph printed by KertszÕs studio dated by him in pencil on the verso apparently produced to promote the publication of Sixty Years of Photography 1972.Kertsz was Òone of the first photographers to demonstrate the tremendous richness of the streetÉ his work is known for its wit composition and sense of the unusualÓ Blodgett 96. This print is dated in pencil Ò3-15-70 No. 21Ó in KertszÕs hand. Fine condition. unknown books
1945Best.-Nr. 1307731945. First Edition. KERTESZ Andre. Day of Paris. New York: J.J. Augustin 1945. Small quarto original tan cloth original photographic dust jacket. $4000.First edition of KertszÕs first book published in America with 103 black-and-white photogravure plates many double-page featuring Òsome of KertszÕs most famous photosÓ Roth.""One of the most influential photographers of the 20th centuryÉ Andre Kertsz helped change the way photographers and picture magazines look at the world and defined the use of the hand-held camera"" New York Times. Day of Paris the first book Kertsz published in America contains ""some of Kertsz's most famous photos"" taken before he was forced to leave Europe at the outbreak of WWII Roth 114. ""The keynote of Day of Paris is eleganceÉ Kertsz' book loosely follows a familiar scenario a 'day in the life' of Paris beginning with the gargoyles of Notre Dame and giving us a photographic modernist's tour of the city nodding appreciatively at Henri Cartier-Bresson along the way and ending up with Brassa in a series of nocturnal views"" Parr & Badger I:200. Text by editor George Davis; jacket design by Alexis Brodovitch and Peter Pollack. Open Book 138. Interior fine discoloration to cloth boards; scarce original dust jacket with a few closed tears along folds shallow chipping toning to spine. An extremely good copy of this influential work. hardcover books
