Artist Monograph

Elliott Erwitt, American

American, 1928–2023

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Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	54	100%

Range: 33.7 cm → 50.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1962	1
1964	1
1967	2
1968	45
1970	4
1994	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 54 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Photograph Acc. 1420.1968	1949	Gelatin silver print, printed 1954	13 3/8 × 10 1/4" (33.9 × 26.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
FLORENCE, ITALY Photograph Acc. 1452.1968	1950	Gelatin silver print	13 1/8 × 19 7/16" (33.3 × 49.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Wilmington, North Carolina Photograph Acc. 1413.1968	1950	Gelatin silver print	8 11/16 × 13 1/2" (22.1 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
NEW JERSEY Photograph Acc. 1434.1968	1951	Gelatin silver print	8 11/16 × 13 7/16" (22.3 × 34.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
PITTSBURGH Photograph Acc. 1417.1968	1951	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 7/16" (22.9 × 34.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
PARIS Photograph Acc. 1448.1968	1952-68	Gelatin silver print	19 3/8 × 12 15/16" (49.2 × 32.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
NEW JERSEY Photograph Acc. 1416.1968	1953	Gelatin silver print	8 7/8 × 13 3/8" (22.5 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
New York Photograph Acc. 1419.1968	1953	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 9 3/4" (33.9 × 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Las Vegas Photograph Acc. 1429.1968	1954	Gelatin silver print	8 15/16 × 13 7/16" (22.7 × 34.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Washington Photograph Acc. 1438.1968	1954	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 9 1/16" (34.1 × 23.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
MICHIGAN Photograph Acc. 1435.1968	1955	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 13 3/8" (23.3 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Yale's Oldest Living Graduate Photograph Acc. 545.1967	1955	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 13 3/4" (24.1 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Yale's Oldest Living Graduate Photograph Acc. 1414.1968	1955	Gelatin silver print	9 1/4 × 13 3/8" (23.5 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS Photograph Acc. 1422.1968	1956	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 9" (33.9 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
NEW YORK Photograph Acc. 1430.1968	1956	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 13 7/16" (22.2 × 34.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Southern Charm Photograph Acc. 133.1962	1956	Gelatin silver print	Image: 10 3/8 × 13 9/16" (26.4 × 34.5 cm) Overall: 18 × 21 15/16" (45.7 × 55.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Magnum and the photographer
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Photograph Acc. 1453.1968	1958	Gelatin silver print	12 13/16 × 19 3/8" (32.6 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
GUANAJUATO, MEXICO Photograph Acc. 1440.1968	1958	Gelatin silver print	12 13/16 × 19 3/8" (32.6 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
LUXOR, EGYPT Photograph Acc. 1424.1968	1958	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 13 7/16" (23.3 × 34.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Nicaragua Photograph Acc. 1428.1968	1958	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 9 1/2" (33.9 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
HOLLYWOOD Photograph Acc. 1433.1968	1959	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 9" (33.9 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Vice President Nixon and Soviet Premier Krushchev during the "Kitchen Debate" at the U.S. Exhibition in Moscow Photograph Acc. 325.1994	1959	Gelatin silver print	10 11/16 × 15 3/4" (27.1 × 40.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Fund
(Little dog, buildings) Photograph Acc. 320.1964	1961	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 19 3/4" (33.6 × 50.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
BRAZILIA Photograph Acc. 1421.1968	1961	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 9" (34.1 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
BRAZILIA Photograph Acc. 1437.1968	1961	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 13 3/8" (23.0 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
BRAZILIA Photograph Acc. 1449.1968	1961	Gelatin silver print	19 7/16 × 12 7/8" (49.4 × 32.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach Photograph Acc. 544.1967	1962	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 13 1/2" (24.1 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the photographer
Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach Photograph Acc. 1441.1968	1962	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 19 1/4" (33.9 × 48.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
New York Photograph Acc. 1442.1968	1962	Gelatin silver print	13 3/16 × 19 7/16" (33.5 × 49.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
SOUTH CAROLINA Photograph Acc. 1418.1968	1962	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 9 1/16" (33.9 × 23.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
BAHIA, BRAZIL Photograph Acc. 1445.1968	1963	Gelatin silver print	19 3/8 × 12 15/16" (49.2 × 32.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
NEW MEXICO Photograph Acc. 1415.1968	1963	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 9 1/8" (34.1 × 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA Photograph Acc. 1447.1968	1963	Gelatin silver print	13 1/16 × 19 3/8" (33.2 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
RIO DE JANEIRO Photograph Acc. 1444.1968	1963	Gelatin silver print	19 7/16 × 13 3/16" (49.3 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
RIO DE JANEIRO Photograph Acc. 1451.1968	1963	Gelatin silver print	19 7/16 × 13 1/8" (49.4 × 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Photograph Acc. 1432.1968	1963	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 13 3/8" (22.2 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
AUSCHWITZ Photograph Acc. 1454.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	13 × 19 3/8" (33.0 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Brno, Czechoslovakia Photograph Acc. 1436.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 3/8" (22.9 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
BUDAPEST Photograph Acc. 1425.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 5/16" (22.9 × 33.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
BUDAPEST Photograph Acc. 1439.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 13 1/2" (23.0 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
CANARY ISLANDS Photograph Acc. 1431.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 13 1/2" (23.0 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
FORT WORTH, TEXAS Photograph Acc. 1426.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 13 9/16" (23.0 × 34.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
GDANSK (DANZIG), POLAND Photograph Acc. 1427.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 9" (34.1 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
LAS PALMAS Photograph Acc. 1446.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	19 7/16 × 12 15/16" (49.3 × 32.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
LAS PALMAS, CANARY ISLANDS Photograph Acc. 1423.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 13 3/8" (23.0 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
POLAND Photograph Acc. 1443.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	12 7/8 × 19 7/16" (32.7 × 49.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
POLAND Photograph Acc. 1450.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	12 13/16 × 19 1/2" (32.5 × 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
SOLOT, POLAND Photograph Acc. 1455.1968	1964	Gelatin silver print	13 × 19 3/8" (33.0 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Venice Photograph Acc. 538.1970	1965	Gelatin silver print	9 1/4 × 13 7/8" (23.5 × 35.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 2684.1967	1966	Gelatin silver print	16 × 10 1/2" (40.7 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Ben Schultz Memorial Collection. Gift of the artist
UNTITLED (Man wading) Photograph Acc. 2683.1967	1966	Gelatin silver print	10 5/8 × 16" (27.0 × 40.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Ben Schultz Memorial Collection. Gift of the artist
Untitled (War games) Photograph Acc. 539.1970	1966	Gelatin silver print	9 1/4 × 13 7/8" (23.5 × 35.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled (City Hall) Photograph Acc. 540.1970	1967	Gelatin silver print	9 1/4 × 14" (23.5 × 35.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled (Baseball game) Photograph Acc. 537.1970	1970	Gelatin silver print	10 3/4 × 13 3/4" (27.3 × 35.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase