Elliott Erwitt

Artist Mike Mandel (American, born 1950)

Date1975

MediumPhotolithograph

DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 × 2 3/16 inches (7.94 × 5.56 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (8.89 × 6.35 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.38.133

SignedCopyright printed on card verso, bottom, in black: "Gum by Topps Chewing Gum, Brooklyn / Litho by Mike Roberts, Berkeley / © Mike Mandel"

InscribedName printed on sheet recto, bottom, in white: "Elliott ERWITT" Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: Tall / Weight: Slender/ Born: Paris / Home: New York / Throws: Yes / Bats: Yes FP: N.Y. Times / FC: Argoflex FF: Tri-X / FD: D-76 / FPh: Fabian Bachrach / Elliott Erwitt / 5 lbs. onions / 3 large carrots / 1 green pepper / Several cloves of garlic / Salt / Tabasco sauce / Olive oil / 4 lbs. of lean hamburger / 3 large cans of tomato paste / 3 large cans of tomato sauce / 3 large cans of peeled tomatoes / Brown the onions, combine the ingre- / dients judiciously and cook for a / long time. / --Salsa Bolognese"

MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "133"

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DescriptionIndividual "trading card" with portrait of Elliott Erwitt wearing velvet jacket, tie, and baseball cap while holding bat and smoking cigar.

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