Two Statues' Shadows / André Kertész
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.13
- Title
- Two Statues' Shadows
- Artist
- André Kertész
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894-1985
- Medium and Support
- Polaroid SX-70-Cibachrome on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1979
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson
- Dimensions
- 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm (10 in. x 8 in.)
- Physical Description
- Square photograph with brown/amber/white color tones. Two glass objects sit in an abstract shape of a human figure. They are placed in the foreground with the heads tilted toward each other. On the right side there is a partial view of a table that is shown out of focus. Light is reflected on the rounded forms of the figures and their shadows are projected on a blank wall behind them. There is a large shadow profile of a man also projected onto the wall.
- Subject Matter
- Following the death of his wife, in 1977 Kertész photographed objects in his New York City apartment using a Polaroid SX-70 camera. This photograph features a small glass bust that he said reminded him of his wife's features. In some cases he positioned it on his windowsill to capture the reflection of sunlight, but here he has used two figurines leaning toward each other.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3174 x 3984
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2009/2.13
- Link to this Item
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"Two Statues' Shadows; André Kertész." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.13/2009_2_13.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024.
