May 15, 2008 - Sale 2146

Sale 2146 - Lot 442

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
KERTÉSZ, ANDRÉ (1894-1985)
"Watchmaker's Shop, Christopher Street." Silver print, 9 3/4x6 1/4 inches (24.7x15.8 cm.), with Kertész's signature, dedication, notations, and date, in pencil, on verso. 1950; printed 1974

Additional Details

From the Collection of Bevan and Michele Davies.
Andre Kertesz, Of Paris and New York, 251.
The Davies' retail store "Untitled," which was located in Soho, New York City, from the 1970s-90s, popularized the photographic postcard and photobook. This Kertesz image was one of the best-selling postcards offered at their now legendary shop.