ELLIOTT ERWITT (1928, Paris, France - 2023, NYC),

'Felix, Gladys and Rover, New York City, 1974'

Black & White Art Photography Poster

Beloved for his humorous photographs of dogs, this one is perhaps Elliott Erwitt's most classic. Alternately titled Felix, Gladys, and Rover, the image depicts an expressive Chihuahua dwarfed by his anonymous owner and much larger companion, presumably a Great Dane. Offset lithograph poster printed on 135gsm FSC certified Symbol Tatami paper. Dimensions: 18" x 24" (45.7 x 61 cm) sheet. BRAND NEW (UNFRAMED - shown is a framed example).

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Born in 1928 to Russian parents in Paris, Erwitt spent his childhood in Italy before emigrating to the United States. He developed an interest in photography as a teenager in Hollywood, and worked in a commercial darkroom in his spare time before experimenting with photography at college. In 1948 he moved to New York where he took film classes, subsequently travelling to Italy and France in 1949. Drafted for military service in 1951, he undertook various photographic duties while serving in a unit of the Army Signal Corps in Germany and France. He joined Magnum in 1953 at the invitation of Robert Capa.

Erwitt has always worked in a range of genres, from classic photojournalism, capturing key historic events such as Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon in Moscow ("The Kitchen Debate"), 1954, and Fidel Castro alongside Che Guevara in Havana, 1964, to iconic portraits of Hollywood film stars, most notably Marilyn Monroe, in the 1950s. Concurrently, he has created more personal documentary, observational work such as the Sequences, more often than not including one of his favourite subjects, dogs. Although based in New York City, Erwitt now in his 80s continues to travel widely and produce both personal and commercial work. Recent books include Rome and The Art of Andre S. Solidor in 2009, and his exhibitions Dog Dogs and his Retrospective are currently touring widely.

SELECT RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2024
'Elliott Erwitt: But Seriously', Magnum Gallery, Paris, France (3/8 - 5/25)

2023
'Elliott Erwitt: A Retrospective', Musée Maillol, Paris, France

2022
'Elliott Erwitt: The Art of Observation', Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY
'Elliott Erwitt: Found Not Lost', Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

2021
'Elliott Erwitt: Platinum Prints', F22 Foto Space, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
'Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best for Leica', Leica Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
'Elliott Erwitt: Paris', OstLicht, Vienna, Austria

2019
'Elliott Erwitt: Family', MUDEC - Museo delle Culture, Milan, Italy
'Elliott Erwitt: Round Trip, Paris > New York', Polka Galerie, Paris, France

2018
'Elliott Erwitt: i cani sono come gli umani, solo con più capelli', Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy
'Elliott Erwitt', Photographs Do Not Bend (PDNB) Gallery, Dallas, TX
'Elliott Erwitt: Pittsburgh 1950', International Center for Photography (ICP) Museum, New York, NY
'Elliott Erwitt', Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UK

2016
'Elliott Erwitt: Retrospective', Fort Bard, Bard, Aosta Valley, Italy
'Elliott Erwitt: Regarding Women', Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

2012
'Elliott Erwitt: Retrospektive', Kunst Haus Wien, Wien, Austria
'Elliott Erwitt: Große Lichtbildner des 20.Jahrhunderts', Kamera- und Fotomuseum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

2011
'Elliott Erwitt', Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyôto, Japan
'Elliott Erwitt', Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
'Elliott Erwitt: Hunde und andere Zeitgenossen', Bremer Landesmuseum - Focke Museum, Bremen, Germany
'Elliott Erwitt', Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY
'Elliott Erwitt: Icons', Kunst Meran, Merano Arte, Merano, Italy
'Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best', International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, NY
'Elliott Erwitt: I Am Serious About Not Being Serious', Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
'Elliott Erwitt: Accrochage', Galerie Stephen Hoffman, Münich, Germany
'The World of Elliott Erwitt', Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
'Elliott Erwitt: Sequentially Yours: Photo Seqences or Indecisive Moments', Atlas Gallery, London, UK
'Elliott Erwitt: New York, Paris & Rome', Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
'Elliott Erwitt: Small, Serious and Otherwise', Stephen Daiter, Chicago, IL

2010
'Elliott Erwitt: A Survey', Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
'Elliott Erwitt: ... von Menschen und Hunden', in focus Galerie, Köln, Germany
'Elliott Erwitt: New York', Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
'Elliott Erwitt: Retrospective', CEH Manej Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow House of Photography, Moskva, Russia

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