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Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023); 'Punta del Este, Uruguay'; image 1
Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023); 'Punta del Este, Uruguay'; image 2
Lot 76

Elliott Erwitt
(1928-2023)
'Punta del Este, Uruguay'

3 – 13 September 2024, 12:00 EDT
Online, New York

US$2,000 - US$3,000

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Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023)

'Punta del Este, Uruguay', 1990
Gelatin silver print, printed later; signed in ink in the margin, signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, a Boca Raton Museum of Art label on the reverse.
14 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (36.8 x 55.3 cm.)
sheet 19 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (50.5 x 60.6 cm.)

Footnotes

Provenance
The photographer to Richard Coplan, circa 2012

Literature
Elliott Erwitt, Elliott Erwitt's Handbook (New York, 2003), p. 13
Elliott Erwitt, Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best (Kempen, 2009), p. 78

Exhibited
Elliott Erwitt: Photographs from the Collection of Richard Coplan and Martin R. Mallinger, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 9 November 2014 - 11 January 2015

The Art of Observation: The Best of Photographer Elliott Erwitt, D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts / Springfield Museums, 9 November 2019 - 12 January 2020; Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, 17 September - 31 December 2022

Note
Punta del Este is a popular resort town located on the southern coast of Uruguay. At Brava Beach, Chilean artist Mario Irarrázabal's sculpture The Hand has become a landmark since its installation in 1982. Elliott Erwitt's image of the sculpture captured two beachgoers contemplating the massive, disembodied fingers as they emerge from the sand.

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