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Elliott Erwitt

(American/French, born 1928)

lion driving, california usa, 1956 / printed later by elliott erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

Lion driving, California USA, 1956 / printed later

8,000–10,000 EUR

france, paris, 1989 / printed later by elliott erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

France, Paris, 1989 / printed later

9,000–12,000 EUR

reno, nevada, marilyn monroe at the set of misfits, 1960 / printed later by elliott erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

Reno, Nevada, Marilyn Monroe at the Set of Misfits, 1960 / printed later

9,000–12,000 EUR

usa, new york city, 1946 / printed later by elliott erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

USA, New York City, 1946 / printed later

9,000–12,000 EUR

paris, umbrella jump, 1989 / printed later by elliott erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

Paris, Umbrella jump, 1989 / printed later

9,000–12,000 EUR

california kiss, usa santa monica, 1955 / printed later by elliott erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

California Kiss, USA Santa Monica, 1955 / printed later

14,500–18,000 EUR

new york, fashion shot with dog by elliott erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

New York, fashion shot with dog, 1989

4,500–6,000 EUR

wilmington, north carolina, segregation fountain by elliott erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

Wilmington, North Carolina, segregation fountain, 1950

9,000–11,000 EUR

emoire state building, new york by elliott erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

Emoire State Building, New York, 1955

5,500–7,000 EUR

fashion shoot by elliott erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

fashion shoot, 1989

9,000–11,000 EUR

Biography

Timeline

1928
Born in Paris to Russian parents, Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, Italy
1939
Emigrated to the US, via France, with his family
1942 - 1944
Photography, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
1948 - 1950
Film, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
1948
Moved to New York, NY
1953
Worked as a freelance photographer for Collier's, Look, Life, Holiday and others
1954
Became a Magnum Photos member
1960 - 1963
Served as Magnum's president
2011
Awarded the ICP Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement from the International Center of Photography
Lives and works in New York, NY

Exhibitions

2018
Im eisigen Weiß, in focus Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2016 - 2017
Ours, Jardin des Plantes, Nationalmuseum für Naturgeschichte, Paris, France
Arctique, Le Kiosque, Vannes, France
2016
Arctique / Antarctique, Galerie Soleil de M'inuit, Morges, Switzerland
2015 - 2016
Artico, Galerie Contrasto, Mailand, Italy
Arctique, Galerie Blin plus Blin, Montfort-L'Amaury und Paris
two friends – two Magnum photographers – Elliott Erwitt & Thomas Hoepker, curated by Burkhard Arnold, in focus gallery, Kolvenburg, Billerbeck, Germany
Kolor by Elliott Erwitt, in focus gallery, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Elliott Erwitt – Kolor – his colored photographs“, curated by Burkhard Arnold, in focus gallery, German Museum of Photography, Markkleeberg, Leipzig, Germany (solo)
L'Appel du loup, Festival Photo La Gacilly, France

Public Collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
New South Wales Museum of Art, Australia
The Barbican, London, UK
Camera Work, Berlin, Germany
NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany
Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Literature

2008
Elliott Erwitt's Dogs, teNeues, Germany
Elliott Erwitt's New York, teNeues, Germany
2006
Personal Best, teNeues, Germany
2005
Woof, Chronicle Books LLC, USA
2003
Elliott Erwitt’s Handbook, The Quantuck Lane Press/W.W. Norton & Company, USA
2002
Snaps, Phaidon Press Ltd., USA
1999
DogsDogs, Phaidon Press Ltd., USA
Museum Watching, Phaidon Press Ltd., USA
1994
Between the Sexes, W.W. Norton & Company, USA
1992
To the Dogs, DAP/Scalo, Zurich
English (US)

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