id: 161040 accession number: 1999.271.2 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.271.2 updated: 2022-01-04 17:27:19.330000 10 x 10: William King (born 1925), 1981. Elliott Erwitt (American, 1928-). Gelatin silver print; image: 25.4 x 34.3 cm (10 x 13 1/2 in.); paper: 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Given by Helen A. Weinberg in loving memory of her husband Kenneth G. Weinberg 1999.271.2 title: William King (born 1925) title in original language: series: 10 x 10 series in original language: creation date: 1981 creation date earliest: 1981 creation date latest: 1981 current location: creditline: Given by Helen A. Weinberg in loving memory of her husband Kenneth G. Weinberg copyright: --- culture: America;America, 20th century technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Portfolio find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Elliott Erwitt (American, 1928-) - artist Elliott Erwitt American, b. France, 1928- Elliott Erwitt is known for the wry sense of humor and irreverent view of the world revealed through his personal work. Born in Paris, during the 1940s he studied photography at Los Angeles City College and film at the New School for Social Research in New York. He worked as a cameraman in France (1949-50), as a staff photographer for Roy Stryker for the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the Pittsburgh Photo Library (1950-52), and as a photographic assistant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps (1951-53). After settling in New York City in the 1950s, Erwitt joined the magnum photo cooperative and began work as a photojournalist and commercial photographer. He is best known, however, for his personal photographs: humorous images of people and/or dogs that record unexpected or incongruous juxtapositions of subject, setting, and situation. Erwitt's pictures have been featured in one-person exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1964), the Art Institute of Chicago (1974), and the International Center of Photography, New York (1989), as well as in numerous group exhibitions. He has also made several documentary films, including Beauty Knows No Pain (1973), Arthur Penn (1970), Red, White, and Bluegrass (1973), and Beautiful, Baby, Beautiful (1980). M.M. * Guild Hall Museum - publisher --- measurements: Image: 25.4 x 34.3 cm (10 x 13 1/2 in.); Paper: 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in ink on recto: "11/50 Elliott Erwitt [signed]" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Artists Photographing Artists opening date: 2001-10-13T00:00:00 Artists Photographing Artists. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 13, 2001-February 27, 2002). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art; 10/13/01-2/27/02. "Artists Photographing Artists," no catalogue. --- PROVENANCE Helen A. Weinberg [1927-2012], Shaker Heights, OH date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: March 15, 2000 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Having enjoyed a long, successful career as a photojournalist and commercial photographer, Erwitt is perhaps best known for his personal work. Both people and dogs are presented in humorous images that record unexpected or incongruous juxtapositions of subject, setting, and situation. His innate wit is clearly at work when he cleverly posed and dramatically lit the sculptor William King surrounded by a host of vinyl figures in his East Hampton, Long Island, studio. Widely recognized, King creates witty figurative sculptures in all manner of materials that reflect his sharp insight into the human condition and ability to make forms imbued with a strong sense of line, gesture, and grace. It was only fitting that Erwitt should have made King's portrait, since both are so identified with successfully combining humor and art. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES