Elliott Erwitt
Brasilia

Brasilia

© Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos

Brasilia
Brasilia
ArtistAmerican, 1928–2023
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Brasilia
Date1961
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (16.2 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 9 7/8 in. (20.3 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph Chanin
Object number2001.695
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoseph Chanin, New York; given to MFAH, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso:
"Brasilia, 1961"
"61-8-21-/3?
"94-421/II"
"page 7"
Marked in ink on verso:
"21/35"
Stamped on verso:
"Photograph By/Elliott Erwitt/© MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC./15 West 46th Street, N.Y.C."
"61-8"

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