The structure of this picture brilliantly joins the traveler's descent down the stairs and the train's anticipated advance along the track. The wait is neatly figured by the man in white planted like a clothespin between the zigzag path of arrival and the vertical zip pointing toward the trajectory of future travel.
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Inscription: Signed and dated on print, verso, bottom center: "A Kertész // March 28 - 1938"; inscribed on print, verso, top center : "Station. // 1937"; stamped in ink on print, verso, center: "PHOTO COPYRIGHT BY // ANDRE KERTESZ // 307 E. 44th ST. NEW YORK // TEL. MURRAY HILL 4 - 4800"
[Susan Harder, New York]; John C. Waddell, New York (March 29, 1983)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 23–December 31, 1989.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 28–April 22, 1990.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 10–July 15, 1990.
High Museum of Art. "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 5–April 28, 1991.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 8–August 4, 1991.
IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia. "The New Vision, IVAM, Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia," January 20, 1995–March 26, 1995.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "André Kertész," February 6, 2005–May 15, 2005.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "André Kertész," June 12, 2005–September 5, 2005.
International Center of Photography. "André Kertész," September 16, 2005–November 27, 2005.
Hambourg, Maria Morris. The New Vision: Photography between the World Wars, Ford Motor Company Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989. no. 23.
André Kertész (American (born Hungary), Budapest 1894–1985 New York)
1946, printed ca. 1978
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