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Tisza-Szalka

André Kertész

Artwork Details

Tisza-Szalka
1924; printed 1980
André Kertész
gelatin silver print on paper
8 1/16 x 9.9 in. (20.48 x 25.24 cm); ;
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Strauss
1985/1.125.2

Description

Subject Matter:

Taken in the Hungarian village of Tiszaszalka, this photograph depicts an elderly woman sitting on a bench outside of a house feeding a flock of white ducks from the contents of a large bowl in her lap. This timeless subject matter is lent a modern, graphic punch from the striking horizontal bands of paint on the edifice of the building behind the woman, and the decorative pattern of the shadows cast by the leaves of a tree whose trunk frames the left hand side of the image. This photograph was included in a portfolio of 15 prints entitled "A Hungarian Memory," which was published by Hyperion Press in 1980.

Physical Description:

Photograph of a woman sitting outside a house with a bowl in her lap and geese at her feet. 

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