Elliott Erwitt
Mt. Fuji & Sign, Mt. Fuji, Japan

Mt. Fuji & Sign, Mt. Fuji, Japan

© Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos

Mt. Fuji & Sign, Mt. Fuji, Japan
Mt. Fuji & Sign, Mt. Fuji, Japan
ArtistAmerican, 1928–2023
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mt. Fuji & Sign, Mt. Fuji, Japan
  • from the portfolio Recent Developments
Date1977
Place depictedJapan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 7 15/16 in. (30.2 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.3 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael Charles
Object number82.550.1
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Throughout his career, Elliott Erwitt has had an eye quick to recognize the telling moment and equally quick to wink at the absurdity of life. “I’m not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries,” he has remarked. “That is to say,


I am serious about not being serious.”


ProvenanceMichael Charles; given to MFAH, 1982.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom right in pencil " Elliott Erwitt "

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