Elliott Erwitt (1928 – 2023)
Paris, France, 1951
An empty folding chair under the shade of a tree, in the blurry backround people strolling and sitting on park benches. One seems to literally hear the rustling of leaves and the cheerful hustle and bustle - a park scene par excellence.
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. 44 x 29,5 cm (44 x 29,5 inch)
Object dimensions 51 x 40,5 cm (51 x 40,5 inch)
Mounting, Framing Black wooden Chanel frame 68,5 x 54,5 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. 17.
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