Bidspirit auction | ELLIOT ERWITT, ”UMBRELLA JUMP, PARIS”

ELLIOT ERWITT, ”UMBRELLA JUMP, PARIS” - ”Umbrella Jump, Paris”, a gelatin silver print by listed photographer and renowned Magnum photographer, Elliot Erwitt, taken circa 1989. Signed lower right, professionally framed, and measures in frame, 17.5'' H x 21'' W. This lyrical image was chosen for the cover of the book Elliott Erwitt's Paris. It can be interpreted as an homage to his mentor Henri Cartier-Bresson, whose 1932 image Behind the Gare St. Lazare set a high bar for future photographers. Both compositions are defined by their leaping figures and rain-slicked streets. Whereas Erwitt worked with a horizontal format, Cartier-Bresson's image is decidedly vertical in orientation. Both emblematic images capture the City of Light at a 'decisive moment'. Elliott Erwitt (born Elio Romano Erwitz, July 26, 1928 – November 29, 2023) was a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings. He was a member of Magnum Photos from 1953. New York, U.S.