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Help me find exact location of André Kertész's 'Stairs Of Montmartre'

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Montmartre is not an area I hang around at a lot, so I cannot suggest the specific location. BUT if you need someone to pass by and check out some of the suggestions here, you can get in touch with me via (M)email. Have metro pass, and book, will travel.

whatzit

Either that staircase is not in Montmartre or it has changed significantly since 1927. I could be wrong. This guy has http://www.montmartre-secret.com/article-les-escaliers-de-montmartre-cartes-et-photos-anciennes-foyatier-paul-albert-utrillo-113501095.html, including old postcards and current views. At a quick glance, none of them appear anything like this.

vacapinta

This looks like http://www.ahmetarifgunes.com/andre_kertesz/montmartre_1929.jpg. If you can read that sign...

vacapinta

There are indeed lots of steps. I think they're the ones below the Panoramique du Funiculaire (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@48.884982,2.341844,3a,75y,11.75h,77.38t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s2MvZ8KHl2_Hih06dHD5QsA!2e0), at the junction of Rue Chappe and André Barsacq. But having said that, the area is full of similar-looking stairs.

pipeski

No idea, sorry. But I would note that: - one cannot see a lamppost in front of the central railing, unlike many staircases - there are two lampposts at the bottom of the stairs on either side - there is a set of stairs coming off the main stairs, to the right as we look at it - they are quite wide stairs, and therefore not the common or garden ones between roads - the railings on each side are directly next to the stairs In addition, it looks like there square at the bottom of the stairs, and a right hand curve in the road. One cannot tell if the square at the bottom actually is flat, but it looks flattish.

MuffinMan

http://www.phillips.com/detail/ANDR%C3%89-KERT%C3%89SZ/NY040113/9 mentions annotations, though I can't make them match any present day address: "annotated ‘André Kertész/ 5 rue de Vanves/ Paris 14e’"

katemonster

Montmartre is in the 18e Arrondissement. Rue de Vanves is present day https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@48.8322374,2.3143627,16z in the 14e.

MuffinMan

I don't think it's montmartre. I've stayed all over the hill and I don't recognise those stairs. The set going off to the right threw me. Looks more like Belleville.

mani

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