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  • Distortion No. 6, 1932
    André Kertész (American, born Hungary, 1894–1985)
    Gelatin silver print

    9 13/16 x 6 13/16 in. (23.4 x 17.3 cm)
    Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.321)

    Kertész accentuated the narrow ribcage and long waist of the ideal contemporary woman by photographing his model in a carnival mirror. If the top half of this beautiful nude resembles those Modigliani painted, the swell of the haunch recalls Mannerist nudes and their nineteenth-century revivals, especially Ingres' grande odalisque.

    This work of art also appears on Connections: Indulgence

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    Distortion No. 6, 1932
    André Kertész (American, born Hungary, 1894–1985)
    Gelatin silver print

    9 13/16 x 6 13/16 in. (23.4 x 17.3 cm)
    Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.321)


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