(New York: Susan Harder and Orminda Corporation, 1982, a total edition of 60), a portfolio of 10 photographs, each mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, the publisher's stamp and edition '3/50' in pencil on the reverse, with individual wrappers, 1925-39, printed in 1981; together with the printed title, plate list, and colophon. Small folio, white cloth folding box with gilt-lettered leather spine label

This portfolio was issued in an edition of 50, plus 10 copies for the photographer and publisher. The small prints, laid on larger thin mounts, evoke Kertész's preferred method of presentation early in his career. The plates, plate list, colophon, and clamshell box are all in generally excellent condition. The clamshell box is lightly rubbed. The plates have been matted, and the individual wrappers are housed in the portfolio case. The photographs are as follows: Chez Mondrian, Paris, 1926 Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1929 Distortion No. 40, Paris, 1933 Satiric Dancer, Paris, 1926 Stairs of Montmartre, Paris, 1925 Glasses and Pipe, Paris, 1926 Fork, Paris, 1928 Melancholic Tulip, New York, 1939 Carrefour, Blois, 1930 Colette, Paris, 1930
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The plates are as follows:

Chez Mondrian, Paris, 1926

Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1929

Distortion No. 40, Paris, 1933

Satiric Dancer, Paris, 1926

Stairs of Montmartre, Paris, 1925

Glasses and Pipe, Paris, 1926

Fork, Paris, 1928

Melancholic Tulip, New York, 1939

Carrefour, Blois, 1930

Colette, Paris, 1930