Help me find exact location of André Kertész's 'Stairs Of Montmartre'
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We are visiting Paris in the summer and I hoping to visit to exact location of André Kertész's photo, 'http://www.bulgergallery.com/dynamic/fr_artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=1014'. From what I can tell looking at Street View on Google Maps and exploring Flickr, there are many steps in Montmartre and I am hoping I don't need to climb all of them looking for the location of this iconic photo. Can someone give me the location who has been there?
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Answer:
Ok I found it. The bad news is that it was demolished in 1966. Also, it wasn't Montmartre. The plaque on the street http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CPicZ.aspx?E=2C6NU0TOQOQO reads "Quai de la Loire." There is a Quai de la Loire in Paris but its been heavily rebuilt. The stairway in the photos is the http://parisnowandzen.com/index.php?showimage=1278, a footbridge over the river. You can see that the http://projetbabel.org/fluvial/images_rica/rica-ourcq-passerelle-moselle.JPG - the stairs going down, the street lamps etc.
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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 âAndré Kertész/ 5 rue de Vanves/ Paris 14eâ"
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
Oddly, here's a http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult--kertesz-andre-1894-1985-hun-us-the-stairs-of-montmartre-paris-2439944.htm but with a wider view.
vacapinta
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