Földvári Books

Photos by André Kertész

(Kertész, André); Bölöni, György

Az igazi Ady. [The Original Ady.]

Paris: Editions Atelier de Paris (Lantos Freres), 1934. With several dozens full-page black and white photo illustrations by André Kertész and one by Brassaï. First edition. In the original brown wrapper, printed in red and black. 285, (3) p. Covers little bit worn. Otherwise in very good condition. Pencil inscriptions in some places.

Inscribed by Boloni.

A biography of the Hungarian revolutionaty poet Endre Ady (1877–1919) who lived in Paris between 1904–1911. One of the earliest (and perhaps the most scarce) of volumes including photographs by Kertész, who arrived to Paris in 1925 and quickly settled amid the expatriate Hungarian artists attracted to the city. His first book of photographs, "Enfants" was issued in 1933, and "Paris" appeared in 1934. This biography was written by his friend György Bölöni and it was the first book commission for Kertész. Some of the images of this work were also published in his photo study of Paris.

Price: €1,000.00