André Kertész

Lausanne: The Manchester Collection, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED. Quarto [31 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Minor lean to the spine. In the dust jacket, with periodic faint indented scratches to the panel. May require extra postage due to weight. A catalogue printed in the form of a Festschrift is dedicated to André Kertész on the occasion of his 90th birthday. With contributions by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Harold Riley, Mark Haworth-Booth, Lady Marina Vaisey, Weston J. Naef, Colin Ford, Charles Harbutt. Many consider Hungarian photographer André Kertész (1894-1985) to be the father of photojournalism. He was widely admired for his innovative work with his 35-millimeter Leica camera on the streets of Paris. His work was featured in many publications and exhibitions, including solo exhibitions at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and at the Museum of Modern Art, and a major retrospective, Of Paris and New York, at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among his numerous honors and awards were a Guggenheim Fellowship and admission to the French Legion of Honor.

Signed by Kertész on the title page. (Inventory #: 69560)