[ Photographs ] Kertesz Andre The scene from Lady Mendl's apartment Paris. Silver print, 9.75x 7.75inches, with the photographer's signature, "Paris," and date, in pencil, on verso. 1929; printed 1970s E2000-3000 In her previous life Lady Mendl, nee

[ Photographs ] Kertesz Andre The scene from Lady Mendl's apartment Paris. Silver print, 9.75x 7.75inches, with the photographer's signature, "Paris," and date, in pencil, on verso. 1929; printed 1970s E2000-3000 In her previous life Lady Mendl, nee Elsa de Wolfe, was perhaps best- known as the premier designer of the Belle Epoque period This image is reproduced as pl. 84in Andre Kertesz, Of Paris and Newyork ( The Art Institute of Chicago, 1985