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Diane Arbus
James Brown backstage at the Apollo Theater, N.Y.C. 1966
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- £2,000 - 3,000‡
£3,810
Lot Details
gelatin silver print
stamped 'A Diane Arbus photograph'; signed, titled, numbered and dated '14/75 James Brown backstage at the Apollo Theater, N.Y.C. 1966' by Doon Arbus, Executor, estate copyright credit and reproduction limitation stamps on the reverse
image 38 x 37.4 cm (14 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
sheet 50 x 40.7 cm (19 5/8 x 16 in.)
sheet 50 x 40.7 cm (19 5/8 x 16 in.)
Executed in 1966 and printed in 2001 by Neil Selkirk in the United States, this work is number 14 from an edition of 75.
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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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