André Kertész

Distortion No. 6, 1932
André Kertész (American, born Hungary, 1894–1985)
Gelatin silver print


Kertész accentuated the narrow ribcage and long waist of the ideal contemporary woman by photographing his model in a carnival mirror. If the top half of this beautiful nude resembles those Modigliani painted, the swell of the haunch recalls Mannerist nudes and their nineteenth-century revivals, especially Ingres' grande odalisque.