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[A Corner of Mondrian's Studio with Bed, Stool, Curtain, and Mirrors]

[A Corner of Mondrian's Studio with Bed, Stool, Curtain, and Mirrors]

Artist: André Kertész (American (born Hungary), Budapest 1894–1985 New York)
Date: 1926
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10.9 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of Harry Holtzman, 1986
Accession Number: 1986.1225.2
Rights and Reproduction: © The Estate of André Kertész / Higher Pictures
Not on view
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This view of a corner of Piet Mondrian’s studio at 5, rue de Coulmiers is believed to be unique. Printed on carte postale paper, it was given, not mailed, by Kertész to Mondrian in 1926 along with another, more common view of the modernist painter’s studio.
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Signed and inscribed in pencil on print, recto, lower left, below image: "A Kertész"; lower right: "Paris"

  • Provenance

    Piet Mondrian (1926), Paris; Harry Holtzman, New York

  • Notes

    This image is believed to be unique.

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