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Photograph

Object/Work	*Catalog Level:* item *Type:* gelatin silver print	Controlled list Authority
Classification	*Terms:* photographs American art	Controlled list
Titles or Names	*Text:* Chez Mondrian Preference: preferred Type: artist's *Text:* Interior View of a Room and an Open Door Preference: alternate Type: descriptive	Free text Controlled list Free text Controlled list
Creation	*Creator Description:* André Kertész (Hungarian, 1894-1985, active in the United States)	Free text
	*Identity:* Kertész, André *Role:* photographer	Authority Authority
	*Creation Date:* 1926 *Earliest:* 1926 *Latest:* 1926	Free text Controlled format
Styles/Periods/ Groups/Movements	*Indexing Term:* Surrealist	Authority
Measurements	*Dimensions Description:* 10.9 x 7.9 cm (4 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches)	Free text
	*Value:* 10.09 Unit: cm Type: height Value: 7.9 Unit: cm *Type:* width	Controlled format and Controlled lists
Materials and Techniques	*Description:* : gelatin silver print	Free text
	Technique Name: gelatin silver print	Authority
Inscriptions/Marks	*Description or Transcription:* signed, lower left: AKertész; lower right: Paris	Free text
Subject Matter	*Indexing Terms:* interior architecture genre apartment door staircase flower hallway light vase Piet Mondrian (Dutch painter, 1872-1944)	Authority
Descriptive Note	*Text:* 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."	Free text
	*Citations:* J. Paul Getty Museum online Page: accessed 10 February 2009	Authority Free text
Current Location	Repository Name/Geographic Location: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) *Repository Numbers:* 86.XM.706.10	Authority Free text
Image credits: Andre Kertész (American, 1894-1985); Chez Mondrian; 1926; gelatin silver print; 10.9 x 7.9 cm (4 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches); J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, USA); 86.XM.706.10; © The J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.

Revised 25 February 2010