Property from the former owners of the Gotham Bar & Grill
233
Diane Arbus
Girl in a shiny dress, N.Y.C.
- Estimate
- $8,000 - 12,000
$8,820
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, printed later by Neil Selkirk.
1967
14 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (36.2 x 36.8 cm)
Stamped 'A Diane Arbus photograph,' signed, titled, dated, numbered 29/75 by Doon Arbus, Executor, in ink, estate copyright credit and reproduction limitation stamps on the verso.
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Catalogue Essay
Lots 231-233 are on offer from the former owners of the Michelin-star-recipient Gotham Bar & Grill in Manhattan. The three works, including the present lot, were all on display in the dining room up until the restaurant’s closing in 2020.
Literature
Diane Arbus
American | B. 1923 D. 1971Transgressing traditional boundaries, Diane Arbus is known for her highly desirable, groundbreaking portraiture taken primarily in the American Northeast during the late 1950s and 1960s. Famous for establishing strong personal relationships with her subjects, Arbus' evocative images capture them in varied levels of intimacy. Whether in their living rooms or on the street, their surreal beauty transcends the common distance found in documentary photography.Taken as a whole, Arbus' oeuvre presents the great diversity of American society — nudists, twins, babies, beauty queens and giants — while each distinct image brings the viewer into contact with an exceptional individual brought to light through Arbus' undeniable genius.
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