Diane Arbus - Photographs New York Wednesday, October 12, 2022 | Phillips

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  • "There are an awful lot of people in the world and it's going to be terribly hard to photograph all of them... It was my teacher Lisette Model who finally made it clear to me that the more specific you are, the more general it will be."
    —Diane Arbus 

    • Provenance

      Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, 17-18 October 2003, lot 63
      Property of a European Collection
      Christie's, New York, 17-18 October 2006, lot 23

    • Literature

      Arbus, Sussman, Philips, Selkirk and Rosenheim, Diane Arbus: Revelations, p. 171

    • 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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8

Miss Mary King and her dog, Troubles, Carnival, Maryland

1964
Gelatin silver print.
8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.3 x 19.1 cm)
Stamped 'A Diane Arbus print,' signed by Doon Arbus, Executor, in ink, estate copyright credit and reproduction limitation stamps on the verso.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

Contact Specialist

Sarah Krueger
Head of Department, Photographs, New York
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Worldwide Head of Photographs and Deputy Chairwoman, Americas
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New York Auction 12 October 2022