The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Trio, Ráczkeve

1923, printed 1980

André Kertész

(American, 1894–1985)
printer

Hyperion Press

America
gelatin silver print
Image: 18.6 x 24.6 cm (7 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of Alan and Monah L. Gettner 2022.71
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

In the 1910s and 1920s, André Kertész experimented with near and far points of view that were quite radical for the time.

Description

Instead of moving back from the trio to create a traditional group portrait of figures set into the landscape, Kertész brings us quite close to the boy in front, who turns to look at the camera. Kertész described them as “a trio of a peasant father and his two boys. The father was a music lover and he educated his talented sons.”
  • 1980-2021
    Alan and Monah L. Gettner (publishers), New York, NY, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    June 6, 2022-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Kertész, André, and Hilton Kramer. Hungarian Memories. 1982.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.71