The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Shadows of the Eiffel Tower

1929, printed 1970s

André Kertész

(American, 1894–1985)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 27.3 x 34.3 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
Gift of Carl and Joan Schneider 2021.234
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Built in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was still a symbol of modernity in the 1920s.

Description

Radical viewpoints were a hallmark of 1920s and 1930s avant-garde imagery, reflecting a new attitude toward space spurred by recent technological innovations such as the skyscraper and the airplane. Smaller, lighter cameras that appeared in the 1920s encouraged a number of photographers including André Kertesz to explore odd vantage points such as bird’s- and worm’s-eye views.
  • ?-2021
    Carl and Joan Schneider, Whitmore Lake, MI
    December 6, 2021
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.234