Arm and Ventilator, New York / André Kertész

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Accession Number: 2013/2.296
Title: Arm and Ventilator, New York
Artist: André Kertész
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: Hungary, 1894-1985
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1937; printed circa 1970s
Credit Line: Gift of Maxine and Lawrence K. Snider
Inscription: dated and signed recto in pencil on mount "1937 A Kertesz"
Dimensions: 19.37 cm x 23.02 cm (7 5/8 in. x 9 1/16 in.)
Physical Description: A wooden planked wall with a circular metal fan cut into it. There is a man's arm coming from the opposite side of the wall through the fan (that is not turning). His sleeve is rolled up past his elbow.
Primary Keywords: arms; fixed fans; workers
Secondary Keywords: biological components; components; components and systems; components by specific context; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories carried; fans (costume accessories); objects we use; people; people (agents); people and culture; people by occupation; the human body; upper body
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2450 x 2858
File Size: 337 KB
Record: 2013/2.296
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.296/2013_2.296.jpg

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Full citation: "Arm and Ventilator, New York; André Kertész." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.296/2013_2.296.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.