Elliott Erwitt b. 1928

signed by the photographer in pencil in the margin, signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'vintage print' by him in pencil and numbered in unidentified hands in pencil and ink and with two Magnum Photos stamps on the reverse, 1965

Archive of Magnum Photos, Inc.

Christie's New York, 18 April 2001, Sale 9618, Lot 261

Acquired by Nancy Richardson from the above

Other prints of this image:

John Szarkowski, Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art (The Museum of Modern Art, 1973), p. 195

Elliott Erwitt: Personal Exposures (New York, 1988), p. 251

Elliott Erwitt: Snaps (London, 2001), pp. 370-71

This photograph, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally very good condition. There is creasing in the right margin corners (not in the image), and the upper corner has a small area of emulsion loss at the margin edge. At the upper left, there is a small crease not breaking the emulsion. When examined in raking light, there are several small soft and sharp handling creases, none of which breaks the emulsion. These are primarily in the upper portion of the print and do not affect its appearance significantly.
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