André KertészAmerican, 1894–1985Flowers for Elizabeth
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Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
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- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2007.35.147
In the catalog
Sources
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © Estate of André Kertész
Meanwhile, in the life of André Kertész
The whole life1974
Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
He is awarded Commander of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres; the same year he receives a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his awards begin to accumulate rapidly.
1977
His wife Elizabeth dies
Elizabeth, who had created and run a successful cosmetic business for years, dies of cancer; to deal with the loss, Kertész falls back on his new network of friends, often visiting them to talk. By this time he has learned basic English and speaks what his friends call “Kertészian”, a mixture of Hungarian, English and French.
24 June 1977 – 2 October 1977
Exhibition: Documenta 6
1977–1982
Honours, 1977–1982
In 1977 he receives the Mayor’s Award of Honor for Arts and Culture in New York (and again in 1981); in 1980 the Medal of the City of Paris and the first Annual Award of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers; in 1981 an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Bard College; and in 1982 the National Grand Prize of Photography in Paris and the 21st Annual George Washington Award from the American Hungarian Foundation.
