The National Museum in Budapest on Wednesday took possession of 1,163 photographs of the celebrated Hungarian photographer André Kertész. An exhibition will be mounted in 2022.
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The museum bought the pictures, mostly dating to before the artist emigrated from Hungary in 1925, for 6.1 million US dollars, the museum’s director, László Simon L, told a press conference. The government contributed to the cost of the purchase. Human Resources Minister Miklás Kásler praised Kertész (b. 1894- d. 1985) as an
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internationally acclaimed photographer whose exhibitions have been shown worldwide.
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Source: MTI
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