Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023)
California Kiss, Santa Monica, 1955
Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 2010; signed in ink in the margin, signed, dated, and annotated 'Santa Monica, CA' in pencil on the reverse, framed.
11 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. (29.8 x 44.4 cm.)
sheet 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.6 x 50.5 cm.)
Footnotes:
Provenance
Acquired directly from the photographer by the present owner in 2010

Literature
Elliott Erwitt, Snaps (New York, 2013), pp. 226-7
Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best (Kempen, 2006), pp. 434-5

Note
This celebrated image comes from the most extensive collection of Elliott Erwitt's photographs in private hands, which includes nearly 100 prints that document 60 years of his remarkable career. The entire collection may be purchased privately. Please contact Kelly Sidley, Head of the Photographs Department, for more information.

This gelatin silver print, on semi-gloss double-weight paper with margins, is in generally excellent condition. Only visible in raking light are a few small scattered linear impressions. There are several soft handling creases in the margin edges. The margin corners are slightly bumped. On the reverse, '1162/37' is written in pencil in an unidentified hand. Sold framed.