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Diane Arbus
Identical twins, Roselle, N.J., 1967
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- £400,000 - 600,000‡
£330,200
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Gelatin silver print, printed by Arbus in 1967-1969.
Image: 38 x 37 cm (14 7/8 x 14 5/8 in)
Sheet: 50.8 x 40.7 cm (20 x 16 in)
Sheet: 50.8 x 40.7 cm (20 x 16 in)
Credited print by 'DIANE ARBUS', titled, dated and dedicated 'for IKO & KIKO [sic] – Marvin' by Marvin Israel in ink on a printed 'A Diane Arbus photograph' label on the verso.
Gifted to Japanese photographer Ikkō Narahara in 1973, this never-before-seen, large-format, lifetime print of Identical twins, Roselle, N.J., 1967, with its black borders denoting Arbus’s printing style of 1967-69, is inscribed by the photographer’s colleague and close friend Marvin Israel to Ikko and his wife Keiko. The present photograph remained in Ikko’s collection for over 45 years until his death in 2020. Large-format, lifetime prints of Identical twins are rare to market.
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION, JAPAN
Gifted to Japanese photographer Ikkō Narahara in 1973, this never-before-seen, large-format, lifetime print of Identical twins, Roselle, N.J., 1967, with its black borders denoting Arbus’s printing style of 1967-69, is inscribed by the photographer’s colleague and close friend Marvin Israel to Ikko and his wife Keiko. The present photograph remained in Ikko’s collection for over 45 years until his death in 2020. Large-format, lifetime prints of Identical twins are rare to market.
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION, JAPAN
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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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