Oct 04, 2012 - Sale 2288

Sale 2288 - Lot 38

Price Realized: $ 9,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
KERTÉSZ, ANDRÉ (1894-1985)
Pierre Mac Orlan, Paris. Silver print on carte-postale paper (trimmed with a small margin), 3 1/8x4 inches (7.9x10.2 cm.). 1927
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From the Estate of Allen Oxenburg.
Pierre Mac Orlan was a French novelist and songwriter. He is pictured here with his accordion, which he learned to play as a young man. He would become a feature of the Parisian Bohemian art circles, and played frequently at the Lapin Agile. By the 1920s, Mac Orlan had become a noted film and photography critic.