Elliott Erwitt
Plates contributed
The 4 plates attributed to Elliott Erwitt in the 1955 MoMA Master Checklist (Exhibition #569).
| ID | Country | Section | Year | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| photo-0034 | USA | Marriage and childbirth | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0047 | USA | Marriage and childbirth | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0178 | USA | Work | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0359 | USA | Rededication, peace, and the future | — | Clervaux |
Notes
Four plates in the catalog (count verified by strict-match grep against data/photographs.csv 2026-05-09): photo-0034 (#37 Pregnancy, USA), photo-0047 (#50 Births, USA), photo-0178 (#186 Work B, USA), photo-0359 (#373 Religious Expression, USA). All four credited ‘Magnum, American’ in the MoMA Master Checklist; #186 and #373 additionally carry HOLIDAY publication credit. Born 1928 / died 2023 per src-magnum-elliott-erwitt (in repo, fetched 2026-05-09; sidebar prints ‘b. 1928’ and ‘d. 2023’ on separate paragraphs with ‘French/American’ and ‘Based in New York, USA’ below). The 26 July 1928 birth and 29 November 2023 death day-month tokens (and the ‘Elio Romano Erwitz’ birth-name token, and the Russian-Jewish immigrant parents token) are NOT corroborated against any source fetched in this round and carry pointer status only — a Tier-1 obituary or estate page is needed to promote them. The Paris birthplace is corroborated verbatim by src-magnum-elliott-erwitt: ‘Born in Paris in 1928 to Russian parents, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan.’ src-icp-elliott-erwitt-archive (in repo, fetched 2026-05-09) renders ‘Elliot Erwitt was educated in Milan, Paris and New York before moving with his parents to Los Angeles in 1942’ — the year-of-emigration discrepancy (1939 per Magnum vs. 1942 per ICP) is recorded but not adjudicated. Magnum membership 1953 verbatim per src-magnum-elliott-erwitt: ‘In 1953, Erwitt joined Magnum Photos.’ ICP records his 1966 Magnum presidency verbatim. The U.S. Army 1951–1953 detail is NOT corroborated against any source fetched in this round (carried from a previous note; src-icp-elliott-erwitt-archive mentions ‘military service’ without dates). Steichen anchor verbatim per src-magnum-elliott-erwitt: ‘While in New York, Erwitt met Edward Steichen, Robert Capa, and Roy Stryker’ — Steichen’s involvement in Erwitt’s New-York-period mentor circle is the closest direct documentary anchor for the curatorial pathway by which Erwitt’s prints reached The Family of Man. ICP side panel renders the death year as ‘1928 - 1928’ (a stale value duplicating the birth year) — ICP has not yet updated for the 2023 death.
External biography
https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/elliott-erwitt/
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