Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023); 'Wyoming, USA' (Father and Son);

Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023) 'Wyoming, USA' (Father and Son), 1954 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 1/4 x 21 1/8 in. (36.1 x 53.7 cm.) sheet 20 x 23 7/8 in. (50.8 x 60.6 cm.) Footnotes: Provenance The photographer to Richard Coplan, circa 2012 Literature Sam Holmes, Elliott Erwitt: Photographs and Anti-Photographs (Greenwich, 1972), p. 28 Sean Callahan, Masters of Contemporary Photography, Elliott Erwitt, The Private Experience: Personal Insights of a Professional Photographer (Los Angeles, 1974), p. 30-31 Elliott Erwitt, Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best (Kempen, 2009), p. 428 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 'He was quiet but good-natured, a bit skinny, and giving all indications of growing up to be a rangy cowboy like the generations before him. It was after the Sunday meal when his father was there that the picture was made. The afternoon light was flooding in behind the father and son, giving them a soft halo effect. The others at the table were engaged in conversation that the father was listening to. It was 'adult-talk,' probably of fence-mending or of beef prices, and of no interest to the boy. He was content to be with his father again. Elliott eased off his chair and began making pictures over the grandmother's shoulder. Remarkably, he did it without disrupting the ambiance. Then, for one brief instant, the boy slipped his small arms around his father in a simple gesture of manly intimacy. The father sensed his son's action, and although he made no outward move to acknowledge it, you can almost see tears welling up in the father's eyes.' (Sean Callahan, The Private Experience: Elliott Erwitt, pp. 27-28.) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing