Poet's (Conrad Aiken) Garden, New York City / André Kertész

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Accession Number
2000/2.16
Title
Poet's (Conrad Aiken) Garden, New York City
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1894-1985
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date
1950
Inscription
Inscribed in graphite, verso, top center: "Conrad Aiken/ -garden/ July 10 - 1950."
Signed in graphite, verso, center: "A Kertesz"
Inscribed, verso, lower left, in graphite: [indecipherable]
Stamped, verso, bottom center, in violet ink: c Photo By/ANDRÉ [sic] KERTÉsz [sic]"
Dimensions
25.2 cm x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 in. x 7 15/16 in.)
Century
20th century
Physical Description
A decapitated sculpture of a human head sits peacefully atop a stone pile. In the front of the photo stretches a stem bursting with floral blooms while flora and fauna seep out rom the cracks of the rocks in the foreground.
Subject Matter
Sculptures in a garden.
Primary Keywords
flora
heads
statues
stone
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Image Size
1741 x 2193
File Size
508 KB
Record
2000/2.16
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.16/2000_2.16.jpg

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"Poet's (Conrad Aiken) Garden, New York City; André Kertész." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.16/2000_2.16.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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