E. Csorba Csilla: A kamera poétája. Adré Kertész-fotó a Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum gyűjteményeiből (Budapest, 2019)
E. Csorba Csilla: A kamera poétája. André Kertész fotói a Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum gyűjteményeiben / Csilla E. Csorba: The Poet of the Camera Photographs by André Kertész in the Collections of the Petőfi Literary Museum
statues with a careful and understanding search so that the emphasis would always be where it should.” Another time, “ [...] he opens one wing of the studio door and for the other he stands the white plaster cast before an old wardrobe of dark wood” in order to have the appropriate light. She is pleased to state: "Kertész is in his element. He is like a fish in water, swimming in the bright sunshine of the summer morning. He is taking ever so beautiful photos one after another.”45 Of the statues listed by her, “Centaur holding a lyre and Hercules the archer” can be identified. In the end, not all of Kertész’s photographs were included in the book, since the author also acquired pictures from another source. The book won the Le Blanc Award of the French Academy. Count Mihály Károlyi and his wife, Katinka Andrássy, had close connections with Hungarian érmigré artists and quite often helped those in financial need. In 1928 excellent portraits and full-figure pictures were taken of the not-so- photogenic Károlyi and his attractive wife, as well as their children.46 Károlyi’s tall figure also appears on the terrace of the Dome coffee house, where Hungarian artists socialised. A SoclBie SDY ENDRE Kuiiuriarsasăg 1925 február 22-én, délután 3 oralcor a Salle Océanographique-ban (195. nie St Jacques) rendezendő m atinéj á na k iXL ti s o r* a. I Rész: j 1. Harsány! T. I a' Scarlatti: 3 Sonate b) Harsányt : Serenade c) — Danse j 2 Stark I3. Corelli : La Folia Variations pour violon ■ 3. Kram mer E. a) Pergők se : 7 re Giorni : b) Paisiello: La Zingarclla c) Beethoven: Die Ehre Gottes î Szünet î II. Rész: : 1. Krammcr E. a) Brahms: Von Ewiger Liebe \ b) — Sonntag c) Kodály • Három ut előttem d) Sem szántok, sem vetek : I 2 Stark F. Sarasate : Zigeunerweisen j 3. Kiss F. Magyar dalok ! 4. Harsány i T. i Liszt: XV- Rapsodie • flu no l*leyel SB centimes AZ ADY ENDRE KULTÚRTÁRSASÁG MATINÉJA HARSÁNYI TIBOR KÖZREMŰKÖDÉSÉVEL, PÁRIZS, 1925. FEBRUÁR 22. / MATINEE OF THE ENDRE ADY CULTURAL SOCIETY WITH CONTRIBUTION OF TIBOR HARSÁNYI, PARIS, 22 FEBRUARY 1925 PIM, ANY. 74.102/E In the service of avant-garde art Kertész’s circle of friends included pianist and composer Tibor Harsányi, who lived in Paris from 1923 and also composed music for Géza Blattner’s experimental theatre. The exciting series representing the members and activity of a successful workshop, the marionette company Théátre de I’Arc-en-Ciel (Rainbow Theatre), hallmarked by Géza Blattner’s name, which brought together many Hungarian émigré artists, can be included in our volume thanks to 57
