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Satiric Dancer

Artist/Maker (Hungarian, 1894–1985)
Date1926
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineFund for Photography in honor of Ellen H. Johnson
Object number1987.17
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Estate of André KertészMore Information
André Kertész staged this photograph of Hungarian dancer and cabaret performer Magda Förstner in the Paris studio of fellow Hungarian emigré and sculptor István Beöthy. Recounting the session, Kertész recalled saying to his model, “‘Do something with the spirit of the studio corner,’ and she started to move on the sofa. She just made a movement. I took only two photographs… People in motion are wonderful to photograph. No need to shoot a hundred rolls like people do today. It means catching the right moment. The moment when something changes into something else.”
Exhibition History
New Acquisitions, 1987
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 12, 1987 - November 1, 1987 )
Photography in the Collection: A Sesquicentennial Salute
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 13, 1988 - February 12, 1989 )
Facing the Camera: Selected Portrait Photographs from the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 21, 1995 - March 9, 1995 )
Framed and Shot: Photographs from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 1, 2000 - May 30, 2000 )
Performers: Dancers, Actors, and Musicians
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 6, 2012 - December 23, 2012 )
Shutter Speed
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 30, 2019 - December 15, 2019 )
Like a Good Armchair: Getting Uncomfortable with Modern and Contemporary Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 17, 2023 - July 16, 2023 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary