The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 13, 2024
Forced March to the Front, between Lonié and Mitulen, Poland
1915, printed 1980
(American, 1894–1985)
printer
Image: 16.9 x 24.6 cm (6 5/8 x 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.1 cm (8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
André Kertész fought on the Polish and Russian Fronts during World War I as a member of the Austro-Hungarian infantry.Description
Taken on July 19, 1915, this photograph shows soldiers being marched toward the front to participate in in a combined offensive by the Astro-Hungarian and German armies against the Russians. Kertész captured the moment when one soldier turns his head to the right, revealing his profile and putting a human face on the faceless column of trudging bodies to which the photographer also belonged.- 1980-2021Alan and Monah L. Gettner (publishers), New York, NY, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OHJune 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/2022.75