
André Kertész
Distortion #40, 1933
Silver gelatin print
Image: 10 3/4 x 13 11/16 inches
Paper: 11 x 13 15/16 inches
Paper: 11 x 13 15/16 inches
Signed and titled in pencil in artist's hand verso. Printed circa 1985
André Kertész
André Kertész Biography Photographer André Kertész (1894-1985) was born in Budapest, Hungary. As a child, he’d rummage in his uncle’s attic through piles of old German and Hungarian illustrated magazines. He started to develop his passion and eye for photography while working as a Budapest stock exchange clerk; he purchased his first camera and made his first photograph in 1912....