ID: 700000071 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000071	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Chez Mondrian (gelatin silver print; André Kertész (Hungarian, 1894-1985, active in the Uni...; 1926; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 86.XM.706.10; )

Note: Characteristic of Kertész' work as a "Naturalist-Surrealist," this work combines prosaic observations of life combined with surrealistic perspective. The artist said of this photograph: "The door to [Mondrian's] staircase was always shut, but as I opened it in my mind's eye the two sights started to present themselves as two halves of an interesting image that I thought should be unified." Decades after this photograph was made, André Kertész recalled the circumstances surrounding its creation. The composition is neatly divided in half: on the left is the intimate interior of the room in which Kertész stood, showing Mondrian's straw boater on a peg and a table with the flower mentioned above. The vase perches precariously near the edge of the table, as if Kertész moved it to include it in the photographic frame. On the right, seen through a doorway, the curving banister and stairs soften the profusion of right angles and straight lines in the foyer.

Titles:

Chez Mondrian (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,L,A,French,,A)

Mondrian's Studio, Paris (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

gelatin silver print [300128695] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1926

Creator Display:

André Kertész (Hungarian, 1894-1985, active in the United States) [preferred,VP]

photographer Kertesz, Andre (American photographer, 1894-1985, born in Hungary) [500019907]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 86.XM.706.10

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: gelatin silver print

	gelatin silver prints [300128695]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

Dimensions: 10.9 x 7.9 cm (4 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Surrealist [300021512] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

interior architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	genre pictures [300139140]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	studio (work space) [300007725]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by function>, <work and instructional spaces>) (AAT)

	stairs (series of steps) [300003228]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, circulation elements, <stairs and stair components>) (AAT)

	vases [300132254]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers)) (AAT)

	Mondrian, Piet (Dutch painter, 1872-1944) [500004972]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

Copyright: © Estate of André Kertész

Inscriptions: signed: (Recto, sheet) signed in pencil, at lower left under image: "A Kertész"; inscription: (Recto, mount) inscribed in pencil, at lower right under image, By Kertész: "Paris".

Related Works:

	from same negative .... Chez Mondrian [700009108]
	..........gelatin silver print; André Kertész (Hungarian, 1894-1985, active in the Uni...; 1926; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 84.XM.193.26;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Chez Mondrian	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Mondrian's Studio, Paris	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 10 February 2009