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June 2015 back issue
James Hyman Gallery presents a new exhibition of images selected from works in the estate of André Kertész, Andre
Kertesz in Europe.
The exhibition - the first of its kind to focus on Kertész’s European work alone - spans the photographer’s whole career
and features well known images as well as several unknown photographs which have never before been exhibited or
published.
Born in Hungary in 1894, Kertész was one of the most internationally significant photographers of the 20th century,
influencing figures such as Brassaï and Henri Cartier-Bresson and laying the foundations for photojournalism as it is
known today.
André Kertész in Europe begins with the artist’s earliest photographs, made in Hungary in the 1910s, moves on to his
pioneering modernist work produced in Paris during the 1920s and then presents almost unknown, later works, made
in Europe after the Second World War.
In 1964 the great American photography writer and curator, John Szarkowski, wrote that “Kertész’s work, perhaps
more than any other photographer, defined the direction in which modern European photography developed.”
The exhibition runs until 13 June 2015.
All images courtesy of the Estate of Andre Kertesz 2015 and James Hyman Gallery, London.
Andre Kertesz, Budapest (courtyard with bust), 1971.
Andre Kertesz, Henry Moore Sculpture with Woman Reading, England, 1980.
Andre Kertesz, Henry Moore's Studio with Elephant Skull and Seated Figure, England 1980.
Andre Kertesz, Hortobagy Country, Hungary (Man on a Bicycle), August 1984.
Andre Kertesz, Luxembourg Garden, Paris, November 3, 1980.
Andre Kertesz, Mantlepiece with wooden figure, wooden hand, timer #2.
Andre Kertesz, My Friend Brassai, Paris, Nov 25, 1963.
Andre Kertesz, Paris Rooftop, circa 1930.
Andre Kertesz, Portrait of Mondrian (carte postal, signed),
1926.
Andre Kertesz, The Royal Albert Hall, London, 1980.
Andre Kertesz, Cecil Beaton’s studio, England, 1948.
Andre Kertesz, Andre Kertesz at table with flowers, Paris, 1927.
