André Kertész - Collection of Corbeau and Renard assembled by Gerd Sander Part II London Friday, May 16, 2008 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist

  • Literature


    Knopf, André Kertész Distortions, New York, 1976, p. 132

  • Catalogue Essay


    Gerd Sander met André Kertész in New York in 1975 through a mutual friend Wolf von dem Bussche. As both were photographers, Sander and Kertész began to work and collaborate with each other. In need of work and money, Sander offered to restore Kertész’s glass plate negatives from the 1930s, in particular his seminal ‘Distortions’ works. At $6 per negative Sander set about restoring these works and creating duplicate negatives. It was during this decade and after the restoration that Kertész had a new found interest in his distortion works, and because of this restoration Kertész was able to proceed with the publication of his book Distortions, which was published the following year.

88

Distortion No. 132, Paris

1933
Gelatin silver print, printed 1970s.
15.2 x 24.1 cm. (6 x 9 1/2 in).
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on the verso.

Estimate
£2,500 - 3,500 

Sold for £1,250

Collection of Corbeau and Renard assembled by Gerd Sander Part II

17 May 2008, 3pm
London