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

Distortion #60

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

CultureAmerican

Date1933, printed 1982

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 11/16 × 6 7/8 in. (24.6 × 17.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number80.239

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DescriptionBlack and white gelatin silver print photograph showing a nude woman on a leather chair or couch. Her right leg rests on the floor, while her left leg is folded behind her on the seat, and she lays on her right side with head covered by her left arm. The composition is distorted so that her right leg extends for the lower two-thirds of the picture frame, and is unrealistically wavy and blurred.
Label TextAndré Kertész American, b. Hungary, 1894–1985 Distortion #60, 1933 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1982 Museum purchase 80.239 Exhibition History"Venus and Adonis: Aspects of the Figurative Ideal in 19th- and 20th-Century Art," The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, July 13 - November 3, 1996 "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.