Diane Arbus - Photographs New York Tuesday, October 1, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Robert Mann Gallery, New York

  • Exhibited

    Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century, Selections from the Helen Kornblum Collection, Saint Louis Art Museum, 23 September 1997–11 January 1998

  • Literature

    D.A.P/Distributed Art Publishers, Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century, Selections from the Helen Kornblum Collection, pl. 11, this print
    Arbus, Sussman, Phillips, Selkirk and Rosenheim, Diane Arbus: Revelations, p. 117
    Aperture, Diane Arbus, n.p.

  • Artist Biography

    Diane Arbus

    American • 1923 - 1971

    Transgressing 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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The Feminist Thread: Photographs from the Collection of Helen Kornblum

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Loser at a Diaper Derby, N.J.

1967
Gelatin silver print, printed later by Neil Selkirk.
14 5/8 x 14 7/8 in. (37.1 x 37.8 cm)
Stamped 'A Diane Arbus photograph,' signed, titled, dated by Doon Arbus, Executor, in ink and reproduction limitation stamp on the verso. One from an edition of 75.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

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