GALLERY OPENING HOURS
WED–SAT | noon–6 pm
Elliott Erwitt (1928 – 2023)
Paris, France, 1952
Item number 057-03645
The spellbound gazes of four musicians on a stage lead upwards. Above their heads, on the tapestry gathered behind them, rises a dramatic shadow play of two acrobats performing a daring act on balancing chairs. A unique moment of tension captured in a masterful composition, living the black and white contrasts.
The print was made in 2012 on the occasion of Erwitt's personale »Paris Sera Toujours Paris« at the Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo. The show, whose title quotes a chanson by Maurice Chevalier, drew an essence of Erwitt's best shots from the Seine metropolis.
It was here that he had been born to Russian-Jewish parents. At the age of 11, Erwitt had to immigrate to the USA, where he began taking photographs and became a full member of Magnum in 1953. Among the distinguished representatives of humanistic photojournalism, he stands out especially for his humour.
-
Gelatin silver print, print date: 2012
-
Image dimensions ca. 29,5 x 44 cm (29,5 x 44 inch)
-
Object dimensions 40,5 x 51 cm (40,5 x 51 inch)
-
Mounting, Framing Black wooden Chanel frame 54,5 x 68,5 cm
-
Condition
Exhibition print for Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo -
Annotations
Signed by the photographer in ink in the lower margin right -
Literature
Elliott Erwitt's Paris, Kempen: teNeues 2010, p. 52; Elliott Erwitt. Snaps, Phaidon: London 2001, p. 134f.; Elliott Erwitt. Fotografien 1946-1988, New York 1988, p. 104. -
Prints / Magnum / Magnum /