The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Budafok

1919, printed 1980

André Kertész

(American, 1894–1985)
printer

Hyperion Press

America
gelatin silver print
Image: 17.8 x 24.7 cm (7 x 9 3/4 in.); Paper: 20.1 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of Alan and Monah L. Gettner 2022.76
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

After the end of World War I, André Kertész left the army and returned to the job he had before the war as a stockbroker.

Description

Kertész and his future wife, who also worked at the stock exchange, dreamed of quitting their office jobs and going into agriculture. This tranquil image of life in bucolic Budafok, a neighborhood in Budapest known for producing wine and champagne, makes that dream understandable. The buildings shown are wine cellars.
  • 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.
  • {{cite web|title=Budafok|url=false|author=André Kertész, Hyperion Press|year=1919, printed 1980|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.76