Chez Mondrian

1926

American, 1894 - 1985

Kertész was a Hungarian-born photographer who lived in Paris in the early 1930s before moving to the United States in the middle of the decade. While in Paris, he befriended a group of artists including Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, and Piet Mondrian. Kertész took photographic portraits of his fellow artists. This photograph is an oblique 'portrait' of Mondrian, suggesting the painter by showing his home and evoking the complicated compositions of his paintings. The work is a study in contrasts: straight versus curved, light versus dark, smooth versus textured.

Gelatin silver print

9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (24.8 x 19 cm)

Sheet w.: 8 1/16 in.

Gift of Dr. R. Joseph Monsen and Dr. Elaine R. Monsen

81.99

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 200 Photographs from the Museum Collection, Dec. 8, 1983 - Feb. 5, 1984. Text by Rod Slemmons. No cat. no.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Dis-Figured, May 31, 2001 - Mar. 17, 2002.

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