{"product_id":"kertesz-andre-distortion-33","title":"KERTÉSZ, André. Distortion #33.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKERTÉSZ, André.\u003c\/strong\u003e Distortion #33. \u003ci\u003e1962.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGelatin silver print; image size 350 x 235 mm; printed 1984; signed, dated and titled ‘No. 33’ by André Kertész in pencil to verso; print as new; in black wooden window mount frame with glass, very slight wear to edges of frame; overall framed size 550 x 425 mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGelatin silver print, signed and titled by André Kertész, from a later extension to his iconic \u003ci\u003eDistorsions\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndré Kertész, an early pioneer of photojournalism, was a significant influence on Brassaï and Henri Cartier-Bresson, with the latter reportedly saying ‘each time André Kertész’s shutter clicks, I feel his heart beating’. In 1933, Kertész was commissioned to make a series of figure studies by the French magazine \u003ci\u003eLe Sourire\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he produced his \u003ci\u003eDistortions\u003c\/i\u003e series. Reflecting on the perceived distortions of a swimmer’s body as they travel through water, he used a funhouse mirror to replicate this effect. Now recognised as a pivotal body of work in the development of surrealist photography, the distortion photographs are an early transgression of the boundary between representation and conceptualism in photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Distortion portraits were first exhibited in 1933 and made Kertész into a leading figure in experimental photography. In 1962, he returned to his distortion series and produced another extension of the series including \u003ci\u003eDistortion #33\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvenance\u003c\/i\u003e: Christie’s, 16 November 2002, lot 56 (together with \u003ci\u003eDistortion\u003c\/i\u003e #24A); Sotheby’s, 21 March 2006, lot 77A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2126391\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Sotheran Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64373999501689,"sku":"2126391","price":7200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2126391.jpg?v=1787744760","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/kertesz-andre-distortion-33","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}