About the Artwork
The Swimmer
1919
André Kertész
1894 - 1985
American
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Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm) Mount: 18 × 14 inches (45.7 × 35.6 cm)
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Gift of Paula MacDonald in memory of Thelma Tilley
1993.157
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Markings
Signed in pencil, on mount, below image lower right: A. Kertesz
Inscribed, dated in pencil, on mount, below image lower left: 1919
Provenance
Paula MacDonald, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA);1993-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Boucier, Noël. André Kertész. Phaidon, 2001, (ill.).
Greenough, Sarah, Robert Gurbo, and Sarah Kennel. André Kertész. Washington, DC, 2005, p. 198 (ill. 5).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
André Kertész, The Swimmer, 1919, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Paula MacDonald in memory of Thelma Tilley, 1993.157.
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