New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

In the Cellar, Williamsburg, Virginia

Artist André Kertész (American, b. Hungary, 1894 - 1985)

CultureHungarian

Date1948, printed 1982

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 19 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (49.8 × 40 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 31 × 25 in. (78.7 × 63.5 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Chrysler Museum of Art

Object number82.40

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print.

Label TextAndré Kertész American, b. Hungary, 1894-1985 In the Cellar, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1948 Gelatin-silver print Museum Purchase 82.40 Throughout his career, André Kertész has photographed with the freshness of an undaunted child who innocently sees the world for first time. While widely acclaimed in Europe, acceptance in his adopted country, the United States, came late. Today, the self-taught Kertész is recognized as an innovator of modern photography for a body of work that includes portraits, still lifes, reportage, and experimental abstractions. IN THE CELLAR is a lyrical and contemplative image of form, shape, pattern, and shadow, symbolically saturated with the profound melancholy of the Hungarian alien stranded in a new land.ProvenancePurchased from the artist by the Chrysler Museum of Art, May 1982.Exhibition History"André Kertész, Master of Photography," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, July 9 - October 3, 1982; Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, October 11 - November 15, 1982; Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL, November 29 - December 27, 1982; The Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario, April 1 - April 30, 1983; The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, May 16 - June 13, 1983; Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, TN, August 20 - October 9, 1983. "Photographs from The Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, February 26-April 23, 1989. "History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, June 15, 1999 - January 2, 2000. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson, _André Kertész, Master of Photography_ (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1982) 46.